Brexit-induced outrage hasn’t boosted separatism, and the economic case keeps getting worse. But the SNP’s troops are itching to go, and this might be their last best shot.
The news shows how foolish Labour and the Lib Dems were to take the First Minister at her word.
It seems widely assumed that Scotland will secede if the UK leaves the EU, but it’s hard to see how that actually happens.
People are looking for a Scottish alternative – a Holyrood parliament with real powers, but one that is rooted within the United Kingdom.
Sturgeon and Swinney must stop relying on Salmond’s belligerent and baseless assertions.
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The reason given for their stance is a mere fig leaf. They care only about the bigger game of breaking up the United Kingdom.
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party can not be trusted to champion the Union
When Scots start to become impatient with higher taxes or see the fallout from anti-business rhetoric and policy, they will know who to blame.
Support for the SNP and independence stayed the same before and after the film’s release.
The best way of removing the SNP from the realm of populism is to give the devolved parliaments full autonomy to raise taxes by as much as they wish.
It would be risky, but it might just work – and leave the Union intact.
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The Strathclyde Commission’s proposals have paved the way for one.
For Scotland as much as for England, the UK is the Single Market that matters most.