Yes Dunbar

26/08/2026

YES DUNBAR AGM & SPEAKER MEETING. Dunbar Townhouse. Thurs. 10 Sept. 7pm
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This meeting takes place at Dunbar Town House in Dunbar High Street (EH42 1ER) on Thursday 10 September starting promptly at 7pm. The event is open to Yes Dunbar members and others interested, but only members can vote at the AGM.

There is no fixed charge to attend, but please make a donation if you are able to do so. Yes Dunbar is entirely dependent on donations for our speaker meetings and all other activities.
Please book your place at
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ydevents/2248932

The brief Yes Dunbar AGM will include updates on the last year, finances, and election of the new Yes Dunbar Committee. All Committee posts are up for re-election and nominations are welcome (our current Secretary, Gareth Morgan, is stepping down so there will definitely be a vacancy for that role).

Serving on the Yes Dunbar Committee is an interesting and rewarding way to take forward the campaign for an independent Scotland at local level on a non-party basis; for more details please email [email protected]

SPEAKER: Yes Dunbar has historically invited speakers from right across the Scottish independence movement to share their views.
For our first speaker meeting following the election of a new Scottish Parliament on 7 May 2026, we are delighted to welcome Dr Q Manivannan MSP who is one of the three newly-elected Scottish Green MSPs for the Edinburgh and Lothians East region (which includes Dunbar).
Dr Manivannan will speak on the subject: ‘Voices of New Scots in the independence movement’. To be followed by a Q&A.
Born in 1996 in the state of Tamil Nada, India, Q is one of our youngest MSPs and is now the Scottish Greens’ culture spokesperson.
Following academic study and work as a research analyst in India, Q came to Ireland to take an MPhil in international peace studies (completed in 2021) and then to Scotland for doctoral studies at the University of St Andrews.
Attracting interest prior to the election, Dr Mannivannan was able to stand for election as a Commonwealth citizen with a legal right to be in the UK even though only on a student visa at the time of the election, but is now applying for a graduate visa.

07/08/2026

In today's National 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Did you know the Lewis Chessmen were on loan to France in return for The Bayeux Tapestry? Probably not, it's barely been reported! In a letter to Scottish Secretary Màiri McAllan, Yes Dunbar have renewed calls for their return!

12/02/2026

England functions today by reducing Scotland to a battery, drained to sustain another state. Yet England holds no legal title to Scotland’s land, resources, wealth or energy, and no lawful authority, mandate or consent, to extract them. This 300 year old colonial condition is illegal annexation.

08/02/2026

Short text video explainer by Prof Alf Baird about the ongoing theft of Scotland’s vast energy resources by our colonial administration at Westminster (valued at £60-100+ Billion PER ANNUM) cabled and piped south for free for the benefit of England. This matters because more than 20% of Scots kids live in poverty, while we pay amongst the highest domestic electricity bills in the world (and more than 4 times those of our Norwegian neighbours !)
Under Westminster’s colonial rule, Scotland’s territorial and maritime assets simply serve to keep England’s weak economy from collapse. This is colonial extraction hiding in plain sight, and it keeps Scotland poor, weak and underdeveloped compared to all of our NW European near neighbours ! Scotland must recover and restore it’s sovereignty very soon in order to have a prosperous and secure future.

Audio of blog by Prof Alf Baird.Link to blog: https://yoursforscotlandcom.wordpress.com/2024/04/18/the-realities-of-an-energy-rich-scotland-plundered-under-c...

01/02/2026

Court Grants Review Palestine Action Ban in Scotland.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙
Case goes to the heart of whether English Law applies in Scotland!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Check out this video from The Scotland Channel - which is on a mission to present unfiltered Scottish news - and they're doing an amazing job:

Find out what's really happening in Scotland, not what Anglo-British mainstream media fails to tell you. News4Scotland is Scotland's only television news pro...

25/01/2026

A Happy Burns Day to all our members and supporters of Scottish Independence !
Back in the late 18th Century Robert Burns was clear-eyed that Scotland was the victim of the so-called ‘Union’ with England, imposed by force against the wishes of ordinary Scots in a pre-democratic age (with bribery of the Scots nobles). And also that it signified the end of Scotland’s ancient history and sovereignty.
His ‘Parcel of Rogues’ poem highlights the Union as the moment when Scotland’s national identity, sovereignty and unique culture and history were subordinated to that of England’s and our territory and resources annexed.
Fortunately for Scotland, this colonial condition is reversible !
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A Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
1. Fareweel to a' our Scottish fame, Fareweel our ancient glory!
Fareweel ev'n to the Scottish name. Sae famed in martial story!
Now Sark rins over Salway sands, An' Tweed rins to the ocean,
To mark where England's province stands -- Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!

2. What force or guile could not subdue, Thro' many warlike ages
Is wrought now by a coward few, For hireling traitor's wages.
The English steel we could disdain, Secure in valour's station;
But English gold has been our bane -- Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!

3. O, would, or I had seen the day, That Treason thus could sell us,
My auld grey head had lien in clay, Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace!
But pith and power, till my last hour, I'll mak this declaration :-
'We're bought and sold for English gold'-- Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!

07/01/2026

YES DUNBAR SPEAKER EVENT #3
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• Wednesday 15 April 2026 – Alba Party – Morgwn Davies: Seizing our independence and restoring Scotland’s Sovereignty
• Book at: https://buytickets.at/ydevents/1999564
• Morgwn Davies retired after a 35-year career working in an NHS hospital laboratory. He has been a Community Councillor in Haddington. He has campaigned for independence since 2010 and was active politically from 2010 with the SNP. He is co-founder of Yes Haddington and NHS for Yes. He is a founding member of the Alba Party and stood at the last Council Election. He is expecting to stand for Alba on the Lothian Regional list in May 2026.

This meeting is open to Yes Dunbar members and also the wider public. Bookings are now open! Advance booking is essential due to limited capacity – please book using the link above. There is no charge for places, but there is an option to add a donation if you are able to do so (suggested amount: £6 per place). The meeting will take place at Dunbar Town House starting at 7pm and include a Q&A.

Yes Dunbar Speaker Meeting with Morgwn Davies (Alba Party) – Dunbar Town House, Wed 15 Apr 2026 - This is the third of three meetings Yes Dunbar is organising with candidates standing locally (or expecting to stand) in the election for the new Scottish Parliament on 7 May 2026, each seeking to ...

07/01/2026

YES DUNBAR SPEAKER EVENT #2
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• Monday 30 March 2026 – Scottish Greens – Lorna Slater: [Title TBC]
• Book at: https://buytickets.at/ydevents/1999561
• Lorna Slater was elected to the Scottish Parliament in May 2021 representing the Scottish Greens as an MSP for the Lothian region and she has been selected to stand again in May 2026. She served as Co-Leader of the Scottish Green Party from May 2021 until August 2025 and she was Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity in the Scottish Government from August 2021 to April 2024.

This meeting is open to Yes Dunbar members and also the wider public. Bookings are now open! Advance booking is essential due to limited capacity – please book using the link above. There is no charge for places, but there is an option to add a donation if you are able to do so (suggested amount: £6 per place). The meeting will take place at Dunbar Town House starting at 7pm and include a Q&A.

Yes Dunbar Speaker Meeting with Lorna Slater MSP (Scottish Greens) – Dunbar Town House, Mon 30 Mar 2026 - This is the second of three meetings Yes Dunbar is organising with candidates standing locally (or expecting to stand) in the election for the new Scottish Parliament on 7 May 2026, each s...

07/01/2026

YES DUNBAR SPEAKER EVENT 1
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• Thursday 19 February 2026 – SNP – Paul McLennan: What an independent Scotland would mean for East Lothian
• Book at: https://buytickets.at/ydevents/1999541
• In 2021 Paul McLennan was elected to the Scottish Parliament on behalf of the SNP as Constituency MSP for East Lothian and he was appointed Minister for Housing in the Scottish Government from 2023-24. He has been selected by the SNP to stand again in the Holyrood election in May 2026, this time for the new constituency of East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs.

This meeting is open to Yes Dunbar members and also the wider public. Bookings are now open! Advance booking is essential due to limited capacity – please book using the link above. There is no charge for places, but there is an option to add a donation if you are able to do so (suggested amount: £6 per place). The meeting will take place at Dunbar Town House starting at 7pm and include a Q&A.

Yes Dunbar Speaker Meeting with Paul McLennan MSP (SNP) – Dunbar Town House, Thu 19 Feb 2026 - This is the first of three meetings Yes Dunbar is organising with candidates standing locally (or expecting to stand) in the election for the new Scottish Parliament on 7 May 2026, each seeking to be ...

07/01/2026

Happy New Year to all Yes Dunbar members, friends and supporters – we wish you all the best for 2026 !
Our planned public events for the spring are focussed on informing indy-supporting voters during the lead up to the Holyrood 2026 election on 7 May and allowing them to question the local MSP candidates.

SPRING 2026 – MEETINGS WITH HOLYROOD 2026 CANDIDATES FROM THE MAIN PRO-INDEPENDENCE PARTIES

Yes Dunbar is delighted to announce a series of three speaker meetings with candidates standing locally (or expecting to stand) in the election for the new Scottish Parliament on 7 May 2026, seeking to be elected or re-elected as MSPs. We understand that all three are firm supporters of an independent Scotland.

1. Paul McLennan (Thursday 19 February) is expected to stand for the SNP in new Constituency seat of East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs (which includes Dunbar and East Linton).

2. Lorna Slater (Monday 30 March) is expected to stand for the Scottish Green Party in the Regional List for the Lothian Region (which includes East Lothian from 2026).

3. Morgwn Davies (Wednesday 15 April) is expected to stand for the Alba Party in the Regional List for the Lothian Region (which includes East Lothian from 2026).

Please note that it is possible that more than one of these candidates could be elected, so they are not in direct competition: following the election, this area will be served by one constituency MSP and seven regional MSPs.

These meetings are open to Yes Dunbar members and also the wider public. Bookings for these meetings are now open! Advance booking is essential due to limited capacity – please book using the links in the subsequent Yes Dunbar Facebook posts. There is no charge for places, but there is an option to add a donation if you are able to do so (suggested amount: £6 per place).

All three meetings take place at Dunbar Town House on the dates shown starting at 7pm.