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Living on the worst pension in Europe leaves you lonely, and powerless. The remedy is to join your local “Pensioners for Independence” branch and feel part of the great movement for an Independent Scotland that will offer you something much more like a living pension while making friends that are not limited to one party only.
Our branch of Pensioners for Independence started in the back room of a friendly pub. The owner produced sandwiches and we bought the beer or coffee or whatever. We grew so fast that we now meet in a hall for a monthly afternoon of discussion or lectures followed by tea, biscuits and blether. No one talks party politics. No one knows what party you support. We are simply for Independence and a better life, for us, for our children, and for their children. No one now doubts that Scotland can afford to be much more caring than under Westminster. For us pensioners, the sooner it happens the better.
At our meetings I have learnedhowanorganicfarmis run and how Scotland’s ports should be organised. It is an interesting and pleasant afternoon which ends with us all better informed and inspired to do something positive about the position pensioners find themselves in. Once the next referendum campaign starts, we’ll be out with our banners at demos, manning street stalls and doing what we can to carry Scotland forward to Independence. Having people from every party is a huge asset at a street stall. It makes people stop and talk without feeling that they are committed to any particular party.
Pensioners for Independence has no joining fee. Our goal is Independence, only that, and amongst new friends, we feel useful and worthwhile again. Like Women for Independence, we are the true face of the new Scotland that is now inevitable. The opposition at Holyrood, spurred on by worn-out Westminster, do not represent what is in a majority of Scottish hearts.
Find out where your local Pensioners for Independence meets and go along. If it is too far, why not ask a few kindred spirits in to chat and start your own branch of Pensioners for Independence? Peer pressure is a powerful force. ELIZABETH SCOTT
Edinburgh