On this day in 1650 the battle of Dunbar was fought between the English New Model Army, under Oliver Cromwell and a Scottish army commanded by David Leslie. The battle resulted in a decisive victory for the English. It was the first major battle of the 1650 invasion of Scotland, which was triggered by Scotland's acceptance of Charles II as king of Britain after the beheading of his father, Charles I on 30 January 1649.

After the battle, the Scottish government took refuge in Stirling, where Leslie rallied what remained of his army. The English captured Edinburgh and Leith. In the summer of 1651 the English crossed the Firth of Forth to land a force in Fife; they defeated the Scots at Inverkeithing. Leslie and Charles II marched south in an unsuccessful attempt to rally Royalist supporters in England. The Scottish government, left in an untenable situation, surrendered to Cromwell. At the Battle of Worcester, precisely one year after the Battle of Dunbar, Cromwell crushed the Scottish army, ending the war.

Greg Clark, the levelling-up secretary, has called for a crackdown on so-called "family voting".

Family voting is the practice of husbands being able to instruct their wives how to vote at the ballot box. 

The practice is very prevalent amongst Asian communities. Young men bring barely literate women they have married in Pakistan to the UK. The women are then confined to the house, not allowed to work, left without TV or media access and discouraged from learning English. Though they are, of course, registered to vote and claim social security. The young men are then known to repeat the process several more times. It is in effect a form of modern slavery.

The government has been aware of this for a long time but, as with all things to do with ethnic communities, they have refused to act so far.

The practice is most prevalent down south in places like Tower Hamlets. But you can be sure that it goes on in ethnic communities in Scotland as well.

Today a member of our Lothian Branch delivered 200 of our cost of living leaflets around Craigswood in Livingston.

#costofliving
#PlayYourPart

The boss at Dungavel immigration centre was attacked by one of the "refugees" staying there. The migrants smashed a vase and then used the broken parts to attack the manager.

We are constantly told that the people that are housed at Dungavel are being treated terribly and unjustly. That they are peace-loving, hard-working skilled people who just want to build a life here and aid our country to become a better place for all.

Bit this shows the reality. The gentleman who carried put the attack had already served one sentence here and had 5 more charges outstanding against him before he carried out this attack on a worker just trying to go about his daily job.

What is most shocking is that although the attacker had a violent past and an extensive criminal history, it was only being "considered" whether to deport him at the time of the attack. Someone like this should be immediately deported once they had served their sentence not just being considered for deportation.

On this day after meeting many Highland chieftains at Aboyne,in previous days john Erskine the Earl of Mar avowed an earnest desire for the independence of Scotland. At Braemar on 6 September 1715, he proclaimed James VIII King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland, thus beginning the Jacobite rising of 1715. Gradually the forces under his command were augmented, but as a general he was a failure. Precious time was wasted at Perth, a feigned attack on Stirling was without result, and he could give little assistance to the English Jacobites. At Sheriffmuir, where a battle was fought in November 1715, Mar's forces largely outnumbered those of his opponent, the Duke of Argyll. The battle was actually inconclusive (each army's right wing defeated the other's left wing). However, Mar's indecisiveness meant that the aftermath of the battle was strategically a decisive defeat for the Jacobites.

Everyone knows that Scottish education has been on a downward path in the last decade. But what many don't know is that an increasing number of our schools are seeing indigenous Scottish children heading to be a minority.

One is Annette Street Primary in Glasgow which has 222 children and not one is Scottish.

In Glasgow schools 140 different languages are spoken by pupils, putting a massive strain on teaching resources as more money is put towards interpreters, teachers' time to deal with pupils who don't speak English as a first language, and more resources purchased specially just for these non-Scottish children. This has left English speaking Scots children at a disadvantage with fewer resources and less teacher time given to them.

Annette Street also saw the few Scots children it did have removed to other schools as they and their parents felt the school was not a good educational atmosphere for them.

With the SNP determined to bring in more migrants this is going to become more common in our schools.

If you'd prefer to get our news and updates on our activism outside of telegram, PA Scotland is now on Gab!

https://gab.com/pataltscot

Today is our birthday! We’d like to thank everyone who played their part in making Patriotic Alternative the powerhouse we are today. We're still in our infancy in terms of how far we have to go, but here’s a list of our achievements so far…

- 10 Regional Organisers
- Dozens of officers
- Hundreds of activists
- 16000 registered supporters
- A successful website with talented writers
- Sell-out conferences
- National summer camp & hike
- Weekly leafleting sessions
- Street protests & stalls
- Banner drops & media attention
- Community outreach (eg, Linton)
- Projects to improve local areas
- Community building & family-friendly events
- Indigenous Peoples’ Day
- The Alternative Curriculum
- Demographic Replacement Awareness Month of April
- We Were Never Asked
- The Great British Clean-up
- Homeless Outreach Initiative
- Harvest Fest
- PA Fitness
- Patriotic Arts Community
- Remembrance Sunday parades
- Book Club
- Film Club
- Online videos & live streams
- Workshops

Here's to another successful year ahead!

The Scottish Govermment is to cut £500 million from its budget.

What they are cutting are things that affect every day Scots and the farming industry.

What they are not cutting are projects like the £2.8 million (and rising) assigned to the horribly named New Scots "refugee integration delivery network", the £940,058 (and due to rise in funding under a new scheme) so-called "connected communities network" that also funds organisations for refugees, the £15 million plus funding for Ukrainian refugees or the costs of providing NHS care to immigrants and visitors (in 2013 an estimated £2 billion was spent on this UK-wide, so the figure will be much higher now and Scotland's share will run into the multiple millions) or the funding for education given to people with leave to remain or refugee status.

It appears that refugees and immigrants in Scotland are a protected category when it comes to any cuts in support for them.

Wednesday saw a massive turnout at Glasgows Old Fruitmarket for the launch of the "Enough is Enough" cost of living crisis campaign.

The aims of the campaign are laudable, though it is hard to support some of the groups involved, as they are part of the problem with their support of mass immigration amongst other subjects, though they would of course not acknowledge this as a contributing factor.

The aims of the campaign, such as a proper living wage, reduced energy costs, fairer taxation, an end to food poverty and decent homes for all, are things that we can all support.

But these things need to be for our people. There is no point in building better and more houses to just hand them to incomers or to raise more tax just to see it squandered on Immigrants and causes such as trans rights.

The percentage of births to non-British mothers in Glasgow has been slowly creeping up over the years and should be a worry to all people who care about the future of our nation.

One only has to look around the streets of any of Scotland's large cities to see that indigenous Scots are lucky to be having one or two children, while incomers (especially from the Middle East and Africa) have much larger families.

Our people need to start having larger families again if the indigenous population is to have a secure future as the dominant majority.

In part, government action is needed to put forward policies that will allow people to have larger families and be secure financially and live in appropriate, affordable housing. The Scottish Government is failing in this and will not enact policies targeted solely at the indigenous population anyway

There also needs to be a societal change, with many younger people interested in their own pleasure rather than having families now. Changing this will be a tough fight

If you are at a loose end this Sunday, why not go to the "decolonising food symposium" run by the Glasgow No Evictions network?

You can go along and learn how you are oppressing ethnic minorities by only having British food the majority available in shops, bars and restaurants. So Sturgeon's "New Scots" are actually being oppressed if they can only buy such Scottish staples as lorne sausage, haggis, potato scone etc, it appears. Or indeed by making westernised versions of their food: if you feed someone of Indian heritage tikka masala you are oppressing them, as it is not actually a Indian dish but one made in Glasgow to suit Western tastes.

The whole idea of decolonisation and oppression is now out of control and entered the realms of mental illness.

The second song from Even Keel is finally here, with video editing by 14ways of the @pataltscotland music team!

https://odysee.com/@EvenKeel:3/Even-Keel---Rise:f

On this day in 1773 a ship named The Hector landed in Pictou, Nova Scotia, with 189 settlers, mostly originating from Lochbroom.

Her famous voyage took place in 1773 with a departure date around the second week of July, carrying 189 Highlanders who were immigrating to Nova Scotia. The vessel's owner, Mr. John Pagan, along with Dr. John Witherspoon, purchased three shares of land near Pictou, Nova Scotia. Pagan and Witherspoon hired John Ross as a recruiting agent for settlers willing to emigrate to Pictou with an offer of free passage, 1 year of free provisions, and a farm. The settlers (23 families, 25 single men) were recruited at Greenock Renfrewshire and at Lochbroom (Ross-shire) with the majority being from Lochbroom.

Her voyage was part of the Fuadaich nan Gàidheal (Scottish Highland Clearances)which forced many Gaelic families off their ancestral lands. It is estimated that over 50,000 Gaelic settlers emigrated to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton between 1815 and 1870 alone.