The Longest Road
Posted on
February 16, 2026 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
As the six-year fight for justice for Alex Salmond continues, we thought you might like to see this clip from this morning’s Mike Graham Show, interviewing Paul McManus, the businessman and drummer in Glasgow rock band Gun who’s stepped up to fund the Salmond family’s case against the Scottish Government despite disagreeing with much of what Alex stood for politically.
We take our (hi-)hats off to him.
Word up!
Respect to the guy for being led by a sense of justice above anything tribal. The host of that programme does, however, remind us of just how patronising the metropolitan south Brits are. Bringing up the guy from Still Game – actually, I think it was McGlashin from Absolution – is what my kids call “major cringe”.
What a nice man. Good to know that there is still some good people in this mad world of ours. Well done sir.
Fair play to Paul – he’s not wrong about the state of Glasgow in particular under the SNP but Labour did have a hell of a long time in charge before them!
Gotta respect him being willing to do this – a “team of lawyers” won’t be cheap!
There is two sorts of nationalism in Scotland at the moment, 1 who supports Independence and believe in democracy and justice and left the SNP early on when Sturgeon made it perfectly clear (Lets make Westminster work for Scotland) that she wasn’t going to pursue Independence while she was leader of the SNP and FM. The other sort of nationalism is Independence will happen but don’t concern yourself about the WHEN its more important to focus on trans rights and the LGBTQ+, who only support what ever Sturgeon says or does and anyone who apposes Sturgeon isn’t a Indy supporter and attacked and abused.
Lets not beat about the bush, these individuals are the poorest supporters of any Independence movement, The National, Lesley Riddoch, Gingerdug, Scotgoespop, Gordon Ross, the two daves and Independence live they are all running round with their heads in the clouds shouting Scotland should be Independent instead of shouting and direct that question at the SNP leadership and asking them what are they going to do about it but instead stay silent.
Lets remember why sturgeon turned on Salmond it because he was questioning her speed to act on Indyref2.
This sad affair has damaged so many people, people who have even went to jail in the pursuit of that justice. So I believe it isn’t just Salmond who deserve this justice its also the people who its effected and Scotland deserve to know the truth as well.
“There is two sorts of nationalism in Scotland at the moment”
What you refer to is more the co-option of a dominant national party which, instead of liberating the people, seeks ‘an accommodation with colonialism’ (Fanon).
In my analysis of the colonial reality Scots face I found two quite different forms of nationalist ideology, as set out in the ‘Determinants of Scottish Independence’ theoretical framework:
1. Trans-national nationalism – Here we have imposed on Scots a British ‘One Nation’ political ideology which, in order to be effective, includes and requires enforcing Cultural and Linguistic Imperialism policies and with this comes an Anglophone Cultural Hegemony and meritocratic elite/cultural division of labour favouring the dominant power/culture.
2. Self-determination nationalism – which is about rejection of colonialism and its alien culture and liberation of the oppressed and colonised group, where independence is also about decolonization.
link to cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com
Well done, that man!
The case has a better chance of success if the SNP are nowhere near government after May, I’d love for a clear run at all the information held rather than the SNPs downright refusal to comply with even the high court order to release docs under an FOI . All to protect the lying alpha betties
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