Now let me fill you in on the ideology behind the formation, methods, medium and goals of am Buidheann Dubh...

The Black Gang came about from a few like minded individuals who took their inspiration from past master like Wendy Wood and her Scottish Patriots, Iain Taylor and the MacDonald brothers with the Ceartas campaign, along with a whole host of others who mastered the art of combatting negativity with positive promotion from a position of anonymity...

We all 'individually' support Scottish independence, and in so doing, see the Scottish National Party as the best available vehicle to deliver that freedom to our country, but as a collective within am Buidheann Dubh, we see party politics as a hindrance to the promotion of the Scottish language, culture and heritage, thinking politicians are best suited to political campaigns, and political views are best served left to individuals, and accept that Scotland will be free, when her children decide they want that freedom...

The primary aim of the Gang today, is to promote gàidhlig throughout every city in Scotland, while helping to preserve Scottish culture at home and abroad, through our own quirky dedication, work ethic and commitment to taking our online brainstorming, to the city streets, as anonymously as possible. We are open to any and all suggestions brought forward from other organisations and we listen openly to any criticisms that may arise, one being the imagery we used initially with the black hand design, which some took to mean we were right wing fascists, alligning ourselves with Serbian nationalists from the first world war, and as comical as that was, it was thought best to ditch the black hand from anything to do with am Buidheann Dubh as a step towards allaying any fears that some may have. It has also been alleged that we are all members of the SNP, or Siol nan Gaidheal, again this is so far from the truth that it hardly deserves a mention, one thing we are all members of however, is am Buidheann Dubh, with the sole intent to unite all Scots, be they gàidhlig, English, doric or lallan speakers, highland, lowland, city or country Scots, who's make up comes from every colour and creed the world has brought to our beloved shores. We are all part of Scotland, and only by standing together, will we achieve our country's full potential as a completely autonomous, independent nation, with a language, a culture and a heritage, that we see as important as the rest of the world already do...

The reason we use old road signs, banners etc, etc, is because we have no interest in graffiti'ing the walls of the cities and country we love, and so thought disposable street promos would be the best medium to use, so as they can be removed as and when the councils or cleansing see it as rubbish. Another method we use to raise a smile with folk, is raising of saltires out of the top of some very tall trees, one that never fails to hit the spot, being that it's so a-political, but so, so Scottish, much like the small campaign there, with placing little gàidhlig paper banners within specifically targeted books, pushing the poems by Anna Frater an such like...

We must affirm though, that this is just but the early stages of a sustained campaign, which is building and building, growing so much support both here and abroad, that we now have hundreds in on our brainstorming ideas, as opposed to initially there only being two, so rest assured that there will be an awful lot more to come from am Buidheann Dubh, with the bar being raised with every new member that joins our discussions, and we'd like to invite everyone reading this, to join us on Facebook, searching for Am Buidheann Dubh, were you can help form the identity and direction of the Black Gang, answering all of your questions, and taking on board all suggestions put before us...

Thanks again, and keep your eyes peeled, cos we may well be in your street tonight, tomorrow, or some time soon, but until then...

Cùm gàidhlig beò!