AYE, loons and quines, the Unionists say there’s no appetite for independence in the north east of the country which supposedly switched away from the SNP at the general election in 2017 because people there don’t want a second independence referendum.
Well tell that to the organisers of the North East Plan for Independence conference under the title of Forward which takes place in the Park Inn By Radisson in Justice Mill Lane in Aberdeen tomorrow from 10.30am to 6pm.
The Aberdeen Independence Movement (AIM) who is hosting the conference alongside Dundee and Angus for Independence has had to announce that the conference has sold out and all tickets have been allocated.
AIM said: “We have now a wait list set up on eventbrite. If any tickets become available, we will be in touch.”
Featuring the launch of the Unchained Media Scotland project that we recently reported on, speakers will include SNP depute leader Keith Brown, Maggie Chapman, Professor Iain Black, Gregg Brain, Fiona Robertson, Ellen Hofer, Greg McCarra of the Scottish Independence Foundation, Unchained Media’s Siobhan Tolland, Theo Forbes, Aberdeen Students For Independence, Lloyd Melville, Sarah Glynn, Jerry Morarity, Sam Ochola, Richard Thomson, Dundee Youth Group, Kenny Braes, Bronwyn Henderson, Jessica Mennie, Izhar Khan, Vicky Harper, Richard Johnstone and more.
Music will be provided by Alan Smart, Jim Rodden and Jamie Rodden, and there will be a post-conference party in the Bridge Street Social Club from 7.30pm.
Councillor Ashley Graczyk from Edinburgh will also be a speaker. She is the disabled woman who rejected her membership of Conservative Party and has declared for independence. Her speech is eagerly awaited.
She told Progress Scotland: “I am a City of Edinburgh councillor and was first elected as a Conservative.
“Disability rights matter to me as someone who is profoundly deaf and I have had growing concerns about how the vulnerable area treated by Westminster. In 2014 I voted No because I thought the status quo was safer but things have changed massively and people have new perspectives. Between the treatment of the vulnerable people with disabilities and the treatment of Scotland which didn’t vote for Brexit, I decided to declare my support for Scottish independence.
“Whenever there’s the next referendum on Scottish independence I will definitely be voting yes.”
AIM has one final plea to those attending: “Please feel free to bring along sandwiches, juice, flasks of tea etc.”
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