sparky88

The SNP have broken their own manifesto commitments prior to bleating about the U.K. Govt saying they won't go by the snps referendum commitment. There should be a referendum before the next elections as per the SNP manifesto. Sturgeon will need a solid period of polls showing yes with a decent majority before even thinking about holding a referendum which will probably be nearer 2021 than brexit anyway

Why should the snp hold the moral high ground on manifesto commitments if they ignore their own? I don't think the SNP ignoring their manifesto is grounds to abolish the SP

They have barely touched it. their 2011 manifesto contained a commitment to reform it and sturgeon admitted in the Scottish leaders debates that the reason she hadn't reformed it was because she was too busy losing a referendum by 300000 votes. Not interested in being Scottish or British tbh.

What part of democracy is it when the SNP ignore their own manifesto pledges on reforming the council tax and cutting class sizes? The referendum buys the SNP a few years in which they don't have to do anything worthwhile to improve people's lives whilst keeping the subs rolling in.

You'd hope so, given the amount time Salmond spent serving up succulent lamb to Murdoch.

The Scottish Parliament does f**k all anyway apart from holding pointless independence debates. Seems a bit OTT as a way to stop article 50 being triggered though

Sturgeon knew that May wouldn't/couldn't agree to a referendum before the two year article 50 period had passed. The call for the referendum was designed to be rejected so that sturgeon could play the grievance card again.

Joanna cherry coming across like an arrogant cow

You said the SNP had a majority that would allow it to do what it wants- why were they forced to include a progressive policy by the greens in order to get their budget through? On independence they have a majority, but that's not what you said.

Tactically the tories made an error in not permanently transferring the power to administer referenda to holyrood with the Edinburgh agreement. Had they done that, sturgeon wouldn't have proposed a referendum amongst the brexit negotiations.

A majority to do what it wants? Might need to work on your maths, champ.

The only demand for a second independence referendum is amongst the independence supporter echo chamber. Sturgeon would be better off at least appearing to enact the rest of her own manifesto.

Is John mason cool with homosexuality now?

Massive win for yes on the cards

The Tories should have called her bluff and stated they'd allow a referendum after the conclusion of negotiations. Now sturgeon has the upper hand. What if negotiations take less than the two year period? I think this might be possible given the uk has said they don't want more poles in the country. If they take a year, the polls might not have s high enough percentage yes for it to be worth holding.

She's probably chosen the timing so that Scotland would remain in the EU if it voted yes since article 50 negotiations would still be ongoing by that point, which makes sense.

I can't remember a better 6 nations Scottish performance

It's his paranoia which is particularly frightening.

I'd say more students at uni would have happened whichever party was in charge, unless they introduced up front tuition fees, for societal rather than political reasons.

Car crash of a post

And look how that's turned out

Why not cut out the middleman and just link to wings over scotlands twitter?

That's what implication means.......

The Big White Hoose must stay open

The post was about the BBC being anti SNP by implication, as well you know.