Fiona Mcfarlane

[Sara Salyers @SSalyers2]

Set the morning’s words beside the afternoon’s and the day confesses itself. In the morning, “Westminster’s time is coming to an end”. In the afternoon, Swinney on the document he actually signed as First Minister: “an important moment in the history of devolution”. The foreword: “strong, accountable devolved government”. The text: “the protection and extension of self-government” and “the role of devolved governments within UK governance arrangements”. By evening, the Prime Minister’s promise to respect the settlement and maybe extend it was “fundamentally reassuring” and Swinney was “very, very keen to engage”. Read as a whole, it is the record of two men content with devolution, improving it, and asking for more of it, which is what we set out in July in Confessions of a Devolutionist from Swinney’s own words. On 14 September the confession was repeated, as First Ministers, on the governments’ own websites, with a photograph.

Sinn Féin’s words came from a different dictionary. “We assert collectively our inalienable right to decide our futures”, said McDonald, and inalienable is Article 1 of her own Constitution. “The British government cannot continue to hold back the tide”, said O’Neill. Assertion, a right held, a tide coming; nothing about devolution, nothing about asking, and nothing signed in the afternoon, because the one party at that table holding an instrument that binds London has no use for a concordat.

[The Commission on the Future of Ireland @SF_Commission]

“We have the right to look towards the future. To look to progress and prosperity. And that is a future that Irish reunification can offer us all.”
@SheerinOfficial

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[Mary Lou McDonald @MaryLouMcDonald]

The future of our nations must be decided by our people.

Yesterday in Cardiff, Sinn Féin, the SNP and Plaid Cymru signed an historic agreement to deepen cooperation between Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

We believe in the right of our people to decide their own futures and we believe in the hope, opportunity and exciting possibilities that come with shaping them together.

[Mary Lou McDonald @MaryLouMcDonald]

The right to decide our own futures is an exciting project. One filled with hope, ambition and opportunity.

Today marks an historic moment as Sinn Féin, the SNP and Plaid Cymru come together to stand up for the interests of our nations and their right to independence.

For the first time in history, three nationalist and pro-independence First Ministers now hold office. This is a powerful testament to the enormous change of the times we are living through.

[The Scotland Channel @ScotlandTh82958]

Officials from several nations have privately expressed their support for the efforts of Liberation Scotland to join the United Nations list of countries seeking decolonisation, a statement from Salvo confirmed. #UnitedNations #Scotland #LiberationScotland #Salvo #SaraSalyers

[Fiona Mcfarlane @Fiona80085115]

@ScotlandTh82958 @J4m35c4mpb3ll 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Fiona Mcfarlane @Fiona80085115]

@80_mcswan No

[Hibernian Football Club @HibernianFC]

OWEN ELDING BREAKS THE DEADLOCK!

[Scotland’s Story @80_mcswan]

Great to see the signs going up across Scotland, and you can expect lots more of this.

[Fiona Mcfarlane @Fiona80085115]

@ChildOfAlba ASAP

[Fiona Mcfarlane @Fiona80085115]

@JohnSwinney John we’re all getting fed up waiting on the plan to get us out of this disaster of a union!
Tic tok

[Fiona Mcfarlane @Fiona80085115]

@GBPolitcs John Swinney better have a plan as we’re all sick to our back teeth with empty promises!!!

[Fiona Mcfarlane @Fiona80085115]

@colz261 Why are we waiting 🎶🎶

[Fiona Mcfarlane @Fiona80085115]

@larabirdsnp @MareeToddMSP @theSNP Get hame then 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[ZZ @rooftopdennis]

Go Dave Doogan💪💪💪💪💪💪💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿