This is ridiculous. First the FM has blocked me as she can’t handle seeing facts that she can’t shut down. This interview she stated “rig the rules of democracy” in relation to what?

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Having a 2 stage indy ref, so a vote to see if people want independence, then a vote to see if they still want it once they have seen what it looks like.

Now, she constantly called for a “people’s vote” on the deal, or a “second referendum” in relation to Brexit.

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However, she now admits thats “rigging democracy”. That’s not even the worst part from this interview, the lies about the figures “England are doing worse, honest, they just aren’t recording COVID deaths” - that’s utterly deplorable!

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She talks of being “candid” yet the “judge me on education” First minister isn’t going to release the education report until AFTER the election. So, when that is released, should people have an opportunity to change their minds?

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Is she going to be honest and state that the “white paper” wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on! It made claims like having 2 seats on the BoE board! Why would we let a 3rd nation have any seats? The price of oil is less than 1/5th, and this pandemic has crippled them...

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...financially.

She has high poll rates, and people like her because they can’t be bothered to look at what she is actually responsible for! Look at how we are having to bail them out to coordinate their vaccine rollout! As they lag behind the U.K. average!

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This interview is old, and perhaps if I’d have seen it at the time I would have put a few FOI requests in to get some ammunition against the joke that is the SNP and it’s mass bullying machine! Too late now as they are the only gov. to extend the time to reply to requests!

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I firmly believe in the right to self determination, and I don’t think that if she wins an outright majority we can say no to a referendum! If we do, that will only help the independence cause.

What we need to do, is show just how much Scotland depends on the rUK...

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...end all the cult myths that the U.K. steals money from Scotland, and show in the most detailed accounts possible exactly how bad it will be! All while selling the positives of this Union. However, while the SNP continue to be voted in, and the people of Scotland suffer...

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I’m at the point where I don’t care. I served in a Scottish Regiment (4 Scots) and loved it, I’ll hate knowing that people are going to suffer, but like each generation needs a dose of socialism to learn it doesn’t work, I think we have reached the point where Scotland...

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...needs to try to make its own way.

The only question is, do we then take them back when they inevitably fail, do we bail them out when they ask for money?

Yes to coming back. No to any bailout.

This is yet another legacy of Tony Blair, you can chase it all back to him!

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Lastly:

@piersmorgan can you do me a favour and actually ask the first minister some tough questions next time? If you need a list, let me know, I’ve got plenty. Also, like you’d challenge any Westminster minister when they say your figures are wrong, show the same vigour!

Seriously, you wouldn’t let any government minister get away with the performance in this interview, so who let the FM get away with making claims like “England aren’t recording COVID deaths” - where’s the evidence?

Something tells me, after having Brexit, a pandemic, you...

...need something like the drama of Scotland voting for independence to try and keep the political news as “exciting”. Personally, I think you should do your job and challenge her properly, this was painful to watch. If I was a gov. minister I would just use her tactics