There are some days when you almost feel sorry for Anas Sarwar. Here he is, only trying to make Scottish Labour electable again, trying to…
IT’S TIME TO ACCEPT THE UK WON’T AGREE TO A REFERENDUM AND TAKE THIS INTO OUR OWN HANDS
There were always going to be a few twists and turns in our journey to independence and, as conditions change, so by necessity should our…
WHY WE NEED AN INDEPENDENCE CONVENTION, AND WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE
It’s hard to believe that only a few months ago the SNP sat on 52% of the vote, support for independence was regularly over 50%…
EVERY ELECTION MUST BE AN INDEPENDENCE ELECTION
I don’t think that it would be an understatement to concede that these are uncertain times for the SNP. No party can hope to endure…
WE NEED THIS TO BE A CONTEST OF IDEAS
What a strange leadership contest we seem to be having. After this week’s unedifying spectacle our candidates need to remember that the nation is watching…
IF NOT DE FACTO, THEN WHAT?
So where are we now on our journey to independence when the route to our destination is facing a crossroads with the possibility a redirection…
DE FACTO 3 – WHAT WE DO WHEN WE WIN
Well, that was encouraging then. An opinion poll published last week showing that a de facto referendum at the next Westminster election would be decisively…
DE FACTO 2 – HOW WE ORGANISE
So, if agreed, a de facto referendum it is and the SNP membership will decide whether it will be Westminster or Holyrood that will be…
DE FACTO REFERENDUM IS THE ONLY ROUTE TO SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE
LET me put this out there straight away. A de facto referendum is just about the worst possible way to settle the constitutional future of…
ALBA – WHERE IT ALL WENT WRONG
So it wasn’t so much a ‘supermajority’ it was more electoral ignominy. Coming in at 1.7% the Alba Party didn’t rise like a phoenix but…