The SNP want to win a second indyref, but not the way the Brexiteers won theirs
Nicola Sturgeon had a good conference that points to a less fractious path to independence, but what happens with Brexit…
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Why Scottish Tories will welcome talk of a hard border with England
Senior SNP figures are struggling to deal with questions over what EU membership for an independent Scotland would mean.
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John Swinney’s speech puts the final nail in the coffin of the SNP’s “Plan B“
The deputy First Minister implied that "Plan B" on independence is similar to the strategies of Trump and Johnson
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SNP conference just held an event about vaping, sponsored by a vape and tobacco company
“No one’s ever said vaping was completely safe, but neither was driving here this morning!”
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SNP leadership crush conference rebellion on “plan B” for independence
Calls to push ahead with independence negotiations without a referendum were overwhelmingly rejected, in a coup for Nicola Sturgeon.
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Ian Blackford kicks off SNP conference by calling for an election
Blackford's speech, and the SNP's strategy, make it hard to see how a Brexit referendum can be secured in this…
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An encounter with Tony Blair was a reminder the UK needs profound change
The former PM grasps the scale of the UK’s predicament but not the full need for transformative constitutional reform.
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A Labour-SNP alliance could yet make Jeremy Corbyn PM and deliver Scottish independence
For the Corbynites, a second referendum is a price worth paying for securing power.
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