Scottish independence, again

[mtbc]

Nicola Sturgeon is Scotland's First Minister, the leader of the Scottish National Party. Last time we had a Scottish independence referendum she was saying things like, we've made very clear our belief that constitutional referenda are once-in-a-generation events, and in the recent election the SNP lost its overall majority in the Scottish Parliament. So now I read that,

SNP plans to launch a summer initiative for independence will go ahead as outlined in the party's manifesto, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

They really do seem rather one-track. I was hoping that they might focus more on actually trying to run Scotland well but instead they appear to want to bring us another many months of divisive rhetoric and interviews that consist mostly of question-dodging, except this time oil's rather cheaper so that might make their view of an independent Scotland even more implausible. And here I was enjoying finding the news somewhat watchable again these days.

Comments

[mindstalk]

I dunno what all's with them, of course, but if the UK leaves the EU then I think that'd be a big enough change to justify revisiting the Scotland issue.

[mtbc]

Yes, I agree: if the UK votes to leave the EU then I can see a strong argument for another Scottish independence vote. I am surprised that they didn't wait for a few weeks until after the vote in case it could have let them pretend that they had a good reason for what they want anyway.