Why not just give them their damn referendum? It’s a sentiment one hears more and more as time passes. There is a certain type of exasperated unionist who has simply tired of the waiting game, who has lost patience with the constitutional igneous rock that encrusts Scottish politics. Time to smash it once and for all, and deal with whatever follows.
“I’m coming round to IndyRef2 immediately. Short and sharp. Twelve months to decide. Either way.” This text arrived from a Tory candidate for Holyrood during Tuesday’s televised Scottish leaders’ debate, as attempts to discuss piercingly important policy issues were once again bulldozed by the national question. As one senior UK cabinet minister told the Sunday Times: “I don’t see how we keep saying ‘no’ for ever. The time to do it would be in the middle of economic chaos, not when it’s all looking rosy.”
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