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Been a long cycle.
Took six years to turn around.
From unequivocal support for the SNP and independence.
Not blind SNP support....but in the round....they were brilliant.
Took six years to turn around.
From unequivocal support for the SNP and independence.
Not blind SNP support....but in the round....they were brilliant.
But perhaps that was more about Alex Salmond's legacy?
The era of Nicola Sturgeon, applied a swathe of excellent SNP policies upon Scottish society.
She seems a very hard working and dedicated personality.
The era of Nicola Sturgeon, applied a swathe of excellent SNP policies upon Scottish society.
She seems a very hard working and dedicated personality.
But the question of independence almost immediately took a back seat.
Counter to the Scottish Tory campaign that the SNP were indy obsessives who couldn't stop talking about it; to the detriment of general governance. It was as if, the whole of the SNP executive were told to
Counter to the Scottish Tory campaign that the SNP were indy obsessives who couldn't stop talking about it; to the detriment of general governance. It was as if, the whole of the SNP executive were told to
wheesht aboot independence.
Was this management policy? Or Nicola's preference?
The topic almost had, and has, to be forced out of Nicola Sturgeon by asking directly about independence.
Was this management policy? Or Nicola's preference?
The topic almost had, and has, to be forced out of Nicola Sturgeon by asking directly about independence.
Wheeshting aboot indy mean, not campaigning, not taking any opportunity in public interview or at FMQs to associate the political issues at hand, with the need for independence; nor form any dialogue with the general public about it.
The movement began hailing the new SNP leader and almost hasn't stopped praising and trusting her. But criticisms have mounted. Fights over policy and agitation about not seeing real indy progress.
Her response to Covid19 is truly admirable as a result of, again, hard work and dedication......she has saved the lives of many people.
But again....what of her responsibilities towards self governance?
But again....what of her responsibilities towards self governance?
How can we speak of it....during a pandemic.....when Nicola is saving lives?
What is its meaning, in that context?
Of course, it has direct C19 meaning, such as an indy empowered Scotland would have dealt with Covid much better.
What is its meaning, in that context?
Of course, it has direct C19 meaning, such as an indy empowered Scotland would have dealt with Covid much better.
Everything is relatable to independence, precisely because it affects everything. And that is why it is so important and should have remained so, honestly, from 2014.
If you were so afraid of becoming what the Tory campaign said; constitutional obsessives who thereby ignore their day job responsibilities; then it was up to you, to find the correct tone to explain to the public without seeming that way.
You could have turned their argument on its head and said, yes, I am obsessed about what is best for the people who pay their taxes and wish for a better life. And independence is truly the way to make sure WE make that happen together in Scotland.
Nicola could have done all sorts......but really has almost elected not to. Gradually we felt the marginalisation of the constituent parts of the indy engine. Yes bloggers became vilified and ridiculed by the SNP executive....AUOB was kinda tolerated/ignored by Nicola.....
The cybernats were anathema to progressive politics and should be shunned......Then there was Pete Wishart's automated high speed yes blocker.
It was this lack of any form of political scaffold for an independence movement; the lack of innovation or interest in independence.....which had really begun to disappoint me.
Then Nicola turning in to Miss Havisham, she was never the bride to independence......but was always sort of promising stuff. I watched as everyone but her and her most loyal lieutenant Mike Russell, seemed to believe that indy2020 was impossible, unaffordable, impractical etc
And this fact seemed to swish by most people as if it were a minor thing.
It was a major thing. Nicola was acting irrationally in a large way. Almost denying reason.
It was a major thing. Nicola was acting irrationally in a large way. Almost denying reason.
That added to my concern about lack of innovative politics directed at independence. And I realised that Nicola may not be cut out for this job......Not as FM.....but to get independence in fact.
And then we saw Nicola and others, reason that an S30 is the only route to independence and Boris couldn't do but relent to a request, if polling showed heavily and consistently for yes.
That makes little sense to most of us........And when you try to ask, the few SNP politicians who feign engagement on social media, you get blocked or ignored. They engage so far, until you ask stuff like why you expect Boris to relent when he will lose Scotland from union?
Boris might consciously or unconsciously realise that Scotland out of the UK, might mean the end of using the title Great Britain. Scottish independence may actually end Great Britain.
The greater policy concerns have happened recently...such as GRA and the Hate Crime Bill. Along with the GRA concerns came the growth of the so called wokerati......wokeites.....wokeism.....The wokes and the GRA skipped hand in political hand.
And with that growth......the entryism of their politics into the whole SNP infrastructure. Leading to the woke population implanting themselves into any key positions; such as in the NEC.
This is becoming a constricture.....
And the use of the NEC today.....to ensure that Joanna Cherry cannot challenge for Edinburgh Central was a fraudulence of Elizabethan intrigue and immense meaning.
And the use of the NEC today.....to ensure that Joanna Cherry cannot challenge for Edinburgh Central was a fraudulence of Elizabethan intrigue and immense meaning.
Because.....it not only meant that the potential indy reform promised by Joanna Cherry was halted, but that the actual body of the SNP was poisoned with corrupt practice.
And so...I cannot accept that....I won't vote SNP any time soon.....Not while this shambles exists.
I will advise my 3 voting children, not to vote SNP either, as I feel that reduced support at the ballot box is the only remaining shorter term way of messaging the SNP to change.
I will advise my 3 voting children, not to vote SNP either, as I feel that reduced support at the ballot box is the only remaining shorter term way of messaging the SNP to change.
