Tuesday, April 03, 2007
It's Time
In November 1973, Margo MacDonald - the blonde bombshell - stunned the Scottish political village and the world that focused on Westminster by winning Glasgow Govan.
In the first General Election of 1974, there were seven SNP MPs elected.
In the second General Election of 1974, 11 SNP MPs were elected - our first eleven, following the Magnificent Seven, as the Press put it at the time.
They told me it would never happen at all, let alone in my lifetime. But I always believed it would.
Some 30 years on, government has come home to Scotland; we have a Parliament again; and despite the criticism - some genuine and often welcomed - it has made a huge difference to the culture and lifestyle of the nation.
The smoking ban; health provision improvements; new prosperity for education.
On May 3, we, the people, have the opportunity - and the duty - to vote. To vote for the future of Scotland.
Labour has diminished the stature of our culture and status and led us - sometimes willingly - to the path of dependency. This can change.
It's time to stand up for Scotland.
It's time to grow up.
It's time - for the SNP
charles.fletcher@caledoniamedia.com
In November 1973, Margo MacDonald - the blonde bombshell - stunned the Scottish political village and the world that focused on Westminster by winning Glasgow Govan.
In the first General Election of 1974, there were seven SNP MPs elected.
In the second General Election of 1974, 11 SNP MPs were elected - our first eleven, following the Magnificent Seven, as the Press put it at the time.
They told me it would never happen at all, let alone in my lifetime. But I always believed it would.
Some 30 years on, government has come home to Scotland; we have a Parliament again; and despite the criticism - some genuine and often welcomed - it has made a huge difference to the culture and lifestyle of the nation.
The smoking ban; health provision improvements; new prosperity for education.
On May 3, we, the people, have the opportunity - and the duty - to vote. To vote for the future of Scotland.
Labour has diminished the stature of our culture and status and led us - sometimes willingly - to the path of dependency. This can change.
It's time to stand up for Scotland.
It's time to grow up.
It's time - for the SNP
charles.fletcher@caledoniamedia.com
