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August 14, 2004
Mission
The Skakagrall supports:
The SNP
Scottish independence
Scotland in Europe
The euro
Impeachment of PM Blair for misleading Britain over Iraq
Elimination of nuclear weapons from Scotland
Closer links with other northern European countries
Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the use of clean energy sources
Renewable energy from the wind and the waves, with zoning to ensure appropriate locations
Reforestation with indigenous species, funded where possible by selling environmental credits to international companies
Extension of national parks with government taking ultimate responsibility for the protection of areas of special natural beauty and significance
Landowner responsibility for environmentally-beneficial land use
Improvement of Scotland’s infrastructure
Universal access to broadband internet, funded where necessary by local government
The right to own your own connection (i.e. the last stretch of wire, cable, fibre or satellite) to the internet
Marking and reconstruction of Scotland’s most dangerous roads
High speed train lines linking Glasgow, Edinburgh and their airports
The Waverley line linking Edinburgh with the Borders
Encouragement for European airlines to fly to Scotland by giving control of airports to local governments
Reorganization of the NHS to bring specialist access, skills and equipment up to European standards
Smoking ban in all public places
Modernization of the Police to ensure that all senior officers are computer litearate and able to use relational and spatial databases
Oil revenues under Scottish control
Incentives for new businesses, encouraging ‘software-oriented’ (rather than ‘hardware-oriented’) economic development
A new national theatre building for Scotland, with three halls, located on the Leith waterfront
Reorganization of the Edinburgh International Festival to ensure quality as well as quantity
Adequate funding for Scottish Opera
Secular schools
New universities for Inverness and Perth
Programme to ensure that every student over the age of 16 owns a computer by 2008
Blogging
Scottish-based broadcasting
Transformation of traditional newspapers into news agencies
Posted by Simon Holledge at August 14, 2004 11:00 PM