Dow are you still claiming benefits financed by The British Taxpayer?

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I thank you kindly for your welcome and apologise if my comment was posted to a location other than where it is deemed appropriate. I am more than well informed about the Irish presidency, I was merely using parlance that is used as a shorthand method to describe the common situation where a Head of State has de jure powers not excercised in practice (such as the Irish Presidents' ability to refuse dissolution which has never been excercised despite appropriate constitutional conditions for it) and as such is removed from the legislative process to a large extent or entirely. Being the phraseology used by the world's foremost constitutional experts, I didnt think the term would imply a lack of understanding and I apologise if it did. And, whilst I thank you very much for your candour, lessons I certainly do not need.

Welcome to YouScot Bebo group Alistair. This Bebo group offers only a small sample of ideas from my (Peter Dow's) Scottish National Standard Bearer website - http://scot.tk and from my main discussion forum, the For Freedom Forums - http://figh.tk where you really ought to have registered and posted your comment. Please do so now. This Bebo group is not an ideal forum for you to float notions such as a president of a republic is ever "largely ceremonial". The head of state is job concerning matters of life and death, whether president or monarch. A head of state who ever appears "largely ceremonial" does not appear to be doing a good job of head of state and many Irish republicans would find your comments about the Irish presidency ill-informed, as do I. You have much to learn and I have a great deal to teach you. Let your lessons begin.

As an avid reader of constitutional theory, I must admit to being intruiged somewhat by some of the ideas esposed here. Particularly, I wish to understand individuals' desires regards a constitutional legislative process. Whilst I understand the wish to see an independent Scottish Republic, I am curious as to how the precise nature of the constituional settlement would take shape. Would the Scottish President be empowered as in Ireland, with a largely ceremonial role; or like in a semi-Presidential system such as in France; or even as the American President is?? Then there are the issues of the parliamentary composition, voting system, judical process etc etc. I am interested to hear your opinions.

Thanks Pal. Just been having a good nose about the site and it does you credit my friend. I will be getting into more next week when I have got a few days off, that's right pal I said OFF. Only managing a couple of hours sometimes at night on my bebo catching up wae things and checkin a few things oot. but dont know where the time goes. Now a will be able tae concentrate on the Forum next week. Take care my friend. Peace and Blessings. . . ALBA GU BRATH

Alex Salmond and the SNP betray Scotland. Salmond publishes his plan to sell us Scots out to the United Kingdoms and the Union of the Crowns. The Scots have been lied to by Salmond and the SNP ALL ALONG - he's NEVER wanted freedom for Scots from the Union crown! Peter Dow says Salmond betrays Scottish independence for Queen's united kingdoms (YouTube) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5aaw... Read the full story in the For Freedom Forums - http://scot.tk/forum/viewtopic.php?p... Peter Dow's Scottish National Standard Bearer website http://scot.tk

ALBA GU BRAGH

Any hopes in Salmond and his referendum are false hopes doomed to be disappointed. The referendum's question will be rigged, the debate about the referendum will be rigged and the power of the Queen's state to enslave us Scots will be rigged to remain essentially as it is now, no matter how the vote goes. Queen Elizabeth is not the constitutional head of the Scots nor indeed of any nation I am in or ever want to be in. The Queen is my enemy who enslaves me and other Scots I want her and her family out of Scotland or dead. Now as I say this is an adult group and I am politely asking you David DON'T post here any more. Please go away and learn a lot more, try not to be brainwashed by the BBC and come back to the For Freedom Forums when you are 16. Peter Dow's Scottish National Standard Bearer website http://scot.tk/ The For Freedom Forums - http://scot.tk/forfreeset.htm

David, The key to a republic is to recognise that Scots will be independent when we are empowered and enabled to elect a president as our head of state who will actually defend our democratic constitutional rights as laid down in a written constitution of a Scottish republic. I do not disregard Salmond and the SNP since they are the primary obstacle between the Scots and our national independence. Only when the royalist traitors in the SNP are exposed as the enemies of our independence and freedom can we the Scots move forward. The SNP are incapable fools who have been brainwashed by the UK royalist elite such as those who run the UK universities, courts and the BBC. The SNP act on behalf of that elite which intends to go on enslaving us Scots as a similar elite enslaves the Australians or Canadians in those countries. It is time to stop surrendering to Queen Elizabeth - I have stopped - and as soon as the Scots stop surrendering to the Queen, we will win our independence.

The Queen's state will be allowed independence enough by the Queen so that the ministers and officers of the state will be allowed to enslave the Scots and deny us our national independence. You are foolish to be in such a hurry to back a referendum which is planned to deny us national independence. I am so serious about national independence that I have thought long and hard about what all those words mean which is more than can be said of Alex Salmond and the fools in the SNP who voted that royalist traitor in as their leader. No David, the key to a republic is to recognise that when the state tells the Scots who our head of state is to be - the Queen and her family successors - then we the Scots are not independent but dependent on the Queen and indeed enslaved by her.

David, As for the referendum, it cannot give "Scotland" independence because lands can never have independence even if everyone votes for it. Scotland is not going to float out into the Atlantic. Salmond's referendum plan (and I have seen the draft question) is not so bizarre as to attempt to give independence to a land but it is precisely concerned with the state which rules the people of the Scotland and whether that state should be independent. This planned referendum does not concern itself with political independence for the Scottish nation - rather it offers a trap to the Scots to vote for our own enslavement by the Queen and her state. Salmond's referendum plans a Queen's state which, yes, is planned to be independent of a UK state but since the head of state is still to be the Queen, the state is also planned to be independent of the Scots in the way a master is independent of his slaves.

David, Lands cannot have independence or dependence in a political sense. Lands consist of hills and glens, rivers and roads. The land sits there above the tectonic plate and beneath the sky. Lands do not make choices about where they go and what they do. They just sit there spinning around on the earth for geological time and more recently being lived upon and travelled through by people. What may or may not have independence is people or nations, not lands. Lands are never independent. People sometimes can be independent or they can sometimes be dependent or even enslaved. "Scotland" is the name of a land. It is not the name of any people. The name of the people of Scotland, the nation of Scotland is "the Scots". We are the Scots, we are not "Scotland".

David, As you are hopefully aware this group is for adults only and I believe you are under 16. I do not want to encourage you to post here. Don't post here any more please. However, since you have good language skills for a young person I will reply (this once anyway). You are aware that I have a political position but not of the details I suspect. You should use the time between now and when you are old enough to enter an adult debate with me to read my Scottish National Standard Bearer website and the For Freedom Forums to get yourself a proper education. There is no constitution for the "constitutional" monarchy other than a constitution from hell. This is a link to a page of my website which you could read - "The freedom denied to the Scots by this Queen. The Constitution from Hell!" http://scot.extroverthost.com/freedo...

Peter, I am well aware of your political position and I know you are very much against the imperialistic constitutional monarchy. And the planned referendum will obviously give Scotland political independence but not state independence. I welcome a "Republic of Scotland" but I also back this refurendum. If you are serious about independence then you will appreciate that this referendum is the key to a republic. Stop showing disregard to Salmond and the SNP, they are the only political party capable of gaining political independence on behalf of Scotland. Its time to set political difference aside and unite as a country fighting for an independent country regardless of wether Queen Elizabeth II is the constitutional head of our nation. Stop trying to split the vote and wrecking our hopes of being our independent selves again!

Should Megrahi, convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, have been freed? A link to a report in the For Freedom Forums on the world reaction to the decision of Kenny MacAskill to release Megrahi the Lockerbie bomber who has gone home to Libya to a hero's greeting from Gaddafi. http://scot.tk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=345 What do you think of this? You can post a quick reply to the topic as a guest but it really is better to register as a member with the For Freedom Forums - you get access to more forum features. The For Freedom Forums - http://scot.tk/forfreeset.htm Register your own username and password - http://scot.tk/forum/profile.php?mod... A guide to how to register your username - http://scot.tk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=281 Peter Dow's Scottish National Standard Bearer website http://scot.tk/

FREEEEEEEEE SCOTLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Big Al for your curiosity and your comment. I have summarized the Scottish republican claim to the Lion Rampant in two pages in my website 1) The functions and duties of a Scottish National Standard Bearer http://scot.tk/functionsofbearer.htm see also the associated forum topic of the same title - http://scot.tk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4 2) The Google Map - Dundee, The Revolution http://scot.tk/profile.htm Big AL, whilst I would claim to be THE author of Peter Dow's Scottish National Standard Bearer website (it is a unique website which I take full credit for) and I am A Scottish National Standard Bearer, I have not claimed to be THE Scottish National Standard Bearer because there are loads of Scots with Lion Rampant flags these days.

Curious to why you call yourself the national standard bearer when that job/title belongs to the Earl of Dundee.. ?????