<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Tide Is Turning]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Tide Is Turning]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 19:50:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.denisefindlay.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[18 days, 18 mistakes ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sandie Peggie, a nurse with a 30-year unblemished record,  dared to challenge a man in her changing room.  Sandie refused to accept that...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/18-days-18-mistakes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68852191f8e9d61d27e42112</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 19:33:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_60b8a7bdc5fc4f9f80c86d01ef0f215e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_980,h_678,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steer Your Way Past the Ruins]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are approaching the fourth anniversary of the Alba Party launch.  On March 26th, '21 Alex Salmond stunned the Scottish political world...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/steer-your-way-past-the-ruins</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67d98ec59d971fb8326ce60b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:09:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_d1a2bb47f10c476f8a160d37db91e46f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_700,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving the table]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Saturday night Craig Murray posted on X that Alex Salmond had asked him to stand down from the NEC after Craig’s election in December...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/leaving-the-table</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67c5d11a6843921b111e53c7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:08:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_72f3a89659df47e58d135dc1ff7e057a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_748,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When A Women Stands Up For Herself, She Stands Up For All Women]]></title><description><![CDATA[“You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.”...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/when-a-women-stands-up-for-herself-she-stands-up-for-all-women</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67b0e251dcabfb96577c4f3a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2025 09:26:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_ec3ff092ff18437f9af605063a115739~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come Healing of the Spirit - An Interview with Alex Salmond, 9th April 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[I interviewed Alex Salmond twice,  the first interview has long since been deleted. I was a member of  a group of bloggers who had...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/come-healing-of-the-spirit-an-interview-with-alex-salmond-9th-april-2021</link><guid isPermaLink="false">670e4e04f001a481a0082438</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:42:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_e0281d7b6832489480085eb994433d5e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_400,h_477,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guest Post by Gordon Millar (Part 2) - Don't Shoot The Messenger]]></title><description><![CDATA[( Editorial note from Denise Findlay:  I am publishing this guest post by ALBA member Gordon Millar.    Any objections Alba may have to...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/guest-post-by-gordon-millar-part-2-don-t-shoot-the-messenger</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66eea47a688166172c4f96f4</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:36:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_1cc3528c793a4818bf79820f99754a31~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom. For trying to change the system from within]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the weekend of the hapless SNP conference is there anything a group of determined and clever SNP activists can do to save the SNP from...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/they-sentenced-me-to-twenty-years-of-boredom-for-trying-to-change-the-system-from-within</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66d31adcf76d144b3f2736c7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2024 14:13:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_c79112be4e664f91adbdc06173ab9207~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_642,h_428,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guest blog by Gordon Millar - ALBA in the Balance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gordon Millar is back with a guest blog analysing the recently published 2023 Alba Party accounts. After spells as a senior manager with...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/guest-blog-by-gordon-millar-alba-in-the-balance</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66cd91a2be58d5de31d3de28</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:20:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_74d720b6c3924cc9862313c8922a38bb~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_678,h_602,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shallows of Despair]]></title><description><![CDATA[The independence movement finds itself bound in the shallows, we got here fast from the days of ‘secret plans’ and ‘eyes on the prize’,...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/the-shallows-of-despair</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66a3e8ca07b9448dc7710e14</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 18:39:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_8e52833f68a7495aa487bacb5aa854cd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no decent place to stand in a massacre]]></title><description><![CDATA[The independence movement fared badly in the General Election 2024 and while much will be written about the failings of the SNP.  It is...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/there-is-no-decent-place-to-stand-in-a-massacre</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6687fbf41a441f7a5efc15dd</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 15:14:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_dde84be268444a2e95709e1fb696f78a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_734,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Talking about a revolution]]></title><description><![CDATA[We know turnout in elections is a problem too many people are disenfranchised and disillusioned with politics.  Who speaks for the...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/talking-about-a-revolution</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6651b736de5ab3e251397ca2</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2024 10:39:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_309dd960dc1341d38419281a6e9497b9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Scheme Uprising by Leanne Tervit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cast your mind back to a decade ago. A date had been set where we would have the opportunity to change our future. Our lives. Campaigners...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/the-scheme-uprising-by-leanne-tervit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66278ddb7bd42237f7cb8948</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:06:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_26d7c0dacc2547db8b9588d53f1d70cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born Right - Tell Children the Truth. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[CASS Review implications for the Sandyford Clinic TOPIC: CASS Review implications for the Sandyford Clinic Proposer Denise Findlay...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/born-right-tell-children-the-truth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6615841992c1b70d7f37d8bf</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:22:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_cee3f03127fa47cf90bc1179f53a0c07~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_664,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indy 1st, the Aye App and the Schemes - Guest post by Leanne Tervit]]></title><description><![CDATA[The text below is a piece I wrote 2 years ago when I stood as a candidate in the Council Elections.  Its as relevant today if not more...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/indy-1st-the-aye-app-and-the-schemes-guest-post-by-leanne-tervit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6607e0424f3cbe25404bda70</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2024 09:56:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_43143033185f44dba36bdae61f2060d1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independence Nothing Less]]></title><description><![CDATA[“We have waited too long for our freedom. We can no longer wait. Our march to freedom is irreversible. 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Neale Hanvey’s last ditch attempt to obtain some democracy from...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/guest-post-by-allan-petrie</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65a701602a9a6bf341fd57d7</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 22:24:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_3a55f5f775ba4b3f9675e4b754a45a3f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_903,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[And The Wars They Will Be Fought Again....]]></title><description><![CDATA[".....She loves her daughter,  no condition Thank-you Mum for bucking the trend teaching me women can do it better than men" - Cara...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/and-the-wars-they-will-be-fought-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65a57f16b3ada67946495566</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 19:27:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_a6f8297a375a437db85ed8d219afd7b7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_791,h_512,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Year as ALBA Organisation Convener - Part 3 - Policy Making]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the final part of this three part blog covering my year as Organisation Convener.  I write about the conferences and the national...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/my-year-as-alba-organisation-convener-part-3-policy-making</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65286e0681cd74b8fd147af7</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:11:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_f82337d80b734cec887a42c41224b730~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Year as ALBA Organisation Convener - Part 2 - By-Elections]]></title><description><![CDATA["Oh, the wars they will be fought again" During my past year as Organisation Convener, there have been five local authority by-elections...]]></description><link>https://www.denisefindlay.org/post/my-year-as-organisation-convener-of-alba-part-2-by-elections</link><guid isPermaLink="false">651c27c45c528c96163c90d1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 11:49:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/750d6b_d67c7543bb5b4d8fa7505266cd46c7ae~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_576,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>denisenexus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Year as ALBA Organisation Convener  - Part 1 - Campaigning with Alex]]></title><description><![CDATA["The rose of all the world is not for me. 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