SO, said the presenter out of the blue, what’s your plan for independence? Irritatingly good question, to which a jumbled response invoking first…
SO, said the presenter out of the blue, what’s your plan for? Irritatingly good question, to which a jumbled response invoking first ministers who had no consistent pathway was quite inadequate.
We – all of us – need to make a sufficiently convincing case to bring the doubters aboard, not even to mention the disinterested. But there is a second group of Scots for whom independence is not a concept they automatically reject, but who require to be convinced that they would not be economically worse off under a fully-fledged Scottish government.
The other day, someone on social media posted the withering putdown to tiny Malta from when it had the temerity to demand independence. In short, those who are cynical about the apparent pledge to start a formal independence campaign might reflect that we all have to be a part of any such exercise to have any real chance of moving the dial significantly.It’s all too easy to snipe from the sidelines or to suppose that your cherished indy plan is inherently superior to anyone else’s. It’s true that divided parties don’t win elections, but it’s also the case that fractured movements rarely contribute to a successful cause.