Campaigns by the separatist group Now Scotland have been criticized by both union members and other nationalists. This summer, the group posted a dramatic video on Twitter claiming that the “current situation” is directly threatened by action. Featuring heavy rock music, it warns you, “You don’t need to ask any more questions.”
The video also includes a burning union flag and scribble shots, a man with burning flares, and a hammer-broken TV screen. It is also full of images with the middle finger raised and some protests.
The video alerted the entire political spectrum by instigating violence and misrepresenting the independence movement. Former SNP defense spokesman Stuart Crawford tweeted:
“Wrong music, wrong symbol, wrong message. Think again.”
Jérémie Fernandes, SNP Councilor on behalf of Moray’s Elgin City North, said:
And Leslie Stark replied, “Why is the flag burning in the video? It suggests an aggressive act. I think it tastes bad and is very counterproductive.”
The Aberdeen Independence Movement added: “This is not representative of the majority of the civilian and progressive Jesus movement.
“It’s not our name.”
However, some social media users seemed to chime the emotions expressed in the video. One said, “Like! Over time. I’m right next to you.”
Another urged the group to “go for it.”
When the group was launched last year, the statement said: “The creation of Now Scotland opens up the possibility of new membership organizations that are not controlled by the SNP hierarchy.
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“Anyone who wants to campaign for a radical alternative to the limited vision of independence presented by the British state and SNP leadership must capture that moment.”
It was created by former SNP MP George Kelevan as a co-convenor with SNP MP Angus MacNeil and other veteran socialist and nationalist activists, the Daily Express in Scotland reports. increase.
They said they promised “a campaign for summer activities to really strengthen the promotion of independence.”
The group claimed they did not defend the violence, and one supporter of social media said, “The masses sitting with the Saltire Cross at St. James’s Park, just around the corner outside Buckingham Palace. [the Houses of Parliament].. “
Minutes from the group’s first National Assembly in 2021 show that 80 percent of its members voted to “promote civil disobedience,” although this was only 134 votes against 34. ..