# Peter A Bell Thinker. Listener. Talker. Reader. Writer. No attitude immutable. No conclusion final. No opinion humble. Page: Feed: --- ## [Tipping point?](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/tipping-point) _2026-08-30 · Peter A Bell_ Merriam-Webster defines ‘tipping point’ as: ## [Scotched Myths](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/scotched-myths) _2026-08-29 · Stephen Duncan_ Some common mistakes and misunderstandings put right by Stephen Duncan. ## [Salt in the wound](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/salt-in-the-wound) _2026-08-29 · Peter A Bell_ Swinney is just taking the pish now. No thought whatever has gone into drafting this Bill. And I mean none! It looks very much as if it was cobbled together overnight in response to anger about the conference agenda, which, much like the SNP leadership, is an independence-free zone. Of course, party loyalists will lap it up. But nobody with an ounce of sense will take it seriously. I thought I… ## [Winners win!](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/winners-win) _2026-08-27 · Peter A Bell_ Regular readers will know by now that I rarely, if ever, get excited about polls. ## [We need a good story](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/we-need-a-good-story) _2026-08-26 · Peter A Bell_ I was all set today to write something on my thoughts about what the independence movement could and should be doing right now. ## [Dumb party loyalists](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/dumb-party-loyalists) _2026-08-24 · Peter A Bell_ I have recently remarked that there are signs suggesting some of the SNP loyalists were beginning to wake up to the fact that they have been duped by John Swinney and his accomplices. ## [Some hard truths](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/some-hard-truths) _2026-08-22 · Peter A Bell_ Believe in Scotland has been campaigning for around seven years. ## [Are you listening yet?](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/are-you-listening-yet) _2026-08-21 · Peter A Bell_ Well, are you? ## [Balancing act](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/balancing-act) _2026-08-19 · Peter A Bell_ Scottish Labour MSP Joe Fagan rules out ever backing Indyref2, proclaims The National. ## [Here we go again!](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/here-we-go-again) _2026-08-18 · Peter A Bell_ How many times have we waited with bated breath for the SNP rank and file revolt that never came? ## [Hire AI-Powered Freelancers Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aCNQPA36K7gJ) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Browse and hire skilled professionals using AI tools — free to post, free to apply. ## [Nothing less! Nothing else!](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/nothing-less-nothing-else) _2026-08-17 · Peter A Bell_ I am a Scottish nationalist. ## [Thinking the unthinkable](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/thinking-the-unthinkable) _2026-08-14 · Peter A Bell_ Like most other commentators among the media professionals, Lesley Riddoch seems to have been surprised by The National’s poll hinting at higher levels of support for UDI than they would have expected. ## [Those at the leading edge](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/those-at-the-leading-edge) _2026-08-13 · Peter A Bell_ My old friend, Mike Fenwick, and I agree on many things. ## [Dear readers](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/dear-readers) _2026-08-12 · Peter A Bell_ This is by way of a preemptive apology for what is likely to be some tardiness in responding to comments. ## [Buds of spring](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/buds-of-spring) _2026-08-12 · Peter A Bell_ Regular readers of this blog who also delve into the comments (as you bloody well should, because there’s a lot of good stuff in there) may be aware that I have lately been talking about my totally unscientific gauging of the mood in the independence movement involving responses to my comments below-theline (BLT) on The National’s website. ## [The federal fallacy](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/the-federal-fallacy) _2026-08-09 · Peter A Bell_ I see in the Sunday National that the old ‘devo max’ idea has cropped up again (Could a written UK constitution help or hinder Scottish independence?). ## [Even the smoke and mirrors are fake](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/even-the-smoke-and-mirrors-are-fake) _2026-08-06 · Peter A Bell_ I haven’t posted an article for a couple of days. ## [Welcome to Greater England!](https://peterabell.substack.com/p/welcome-to-greater-england) _2026-08-04 · Peter A Bell_ Prior to the 2016 EU referendum, I devoted a great many words to warning that among the consequences of withdrawing from the European Union would be the possibility that the British state would use the opportunity this presented to constitutionally redefine the UK so as to lock Scotland into a ‘reformed’ Union.