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This is a short-lived website for a short campaign. The campaign is called Repurpose Your Vote (#RepurposeYourVote).

It’s a short campaign because, by definition, it will end on the night of the UK general election.

The campaign is aimed at those of you who want our independence restored; who want to end the union.

If that’s you, then the campaign urges you to ask yourself what is the point in sending more MPs to Westminster who won’t do a thing to advance Scotland’s cause?

And if you admit that there’s no point, then instead of voting, repurpose your vote to send a message to the British State and its political parties: #EndtheUnion.

What Is This?

If a degree of unity in the Yes movement is to be achieved and sustained then it’s not just a matter of asking a question that brings the core issue of Scotland’s constitutional status into sharp focus; that focus must have a purpose. It must have an associated action. If activism is not given a purpose, it will go in search of one – heading off in all sorts of directions.

If the Yes movement is persuaded to come together for a particular purpose it will thereafter more easily be brought together for whatever purposes the fight to restore Scotland’s independence requires. What is needed is some form of action that is all but certain to be supported and participated in by the largest part of the independence movement.

This action must, therefore, be something that will appeal to the least committed of Yes activists. The ones who don’t go on marches or attend rallies or take part in street-work. Something that doesn’t expect these people do anything that requires much in the way of effort. Ideally, make it a case of not doing something rather than doing something. But if it must be something that is done, make it a quick and easy one-off. And if it’s fun to do, that’s even better.

The idea of repurposing the ballot paper in the 2024 Westminster election as a vote to #EndTheUnion ticks all those boxes. It involves nothing more than writing #EndTheUnion across the ballot paper. And that’s it!

If enough people do this, it will create a bit of a stir. There will be a reward for the effort of repurposing the ballot in the form of a discernible effect. This should make it easier to persuade Yes activists to participate in the next action. Hopefully, this might grow into the kind of sustained and concentrated and coordinated mass campaign that is needed if our aspirations are to be realised.

That is what the  ‘Repurpose Your Vote’ campaign is about. It will last until the Westminster election, whenever that might be. Whether it succeeds is up to us all.