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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 3m

They seem to be marching ahead with it no matter what we might think.

Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 20m

I was in tears at the trailer

Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 26m

NB. They would still need to campaign and face same difficult questions as in 2014. SP26 should not be a de facto anything. Needs a separate vote with LEAVE / REMAIN question.

Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 29m

If SNP get 50% of the vote in constituency side of ballot it would be hard to refuse a referendum. This is a higher bar that an FPTP majority. I’m kind of against a 1979 situation. The SNP must not though, ask people to lend them their vote and hit out with the ‘not necessarily for indy’ pish.

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 59m

If the SNP get a popular vote majority they should get their referendum.

They will still face the same or greater scrutiny as in 2014, so they had better get their ducks in a row.

An majority of FPTP may not be an overall popular vote majority. But then they always are a bit sneaky.

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 1h

If they get a popular vote majority it would be hard to refuse, using FPTP seats ignores discounts those who didn’t vote SNP, and likely would mean less than an overall majority.

SNP members back Swinney's independence plan for Holyrood election www.bbc.com/news/article...

John Swinney's independence strategy backed by SNP members

The first minister will declare a mandate for a second independence referendum, if the SNP wins a majority of seats in the 2026 Holyrood election.

www.bbc.com

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 1h

I'm against those who can't answer very basic sensible questions (which they must be able to anticipate by now) and instead preach exceptionalism and hide behind bogeymen in the absence of answers.

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Kevin Hague @kevverage.bsky.social · 1h

and for the record: i’m against those who try and persuade people to support breaking up the UK by deploying fallacious arguments and false grievances

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 1h

Find a nat. They'll be on about the bairns within a couple of sentences. Also, the campaign flyer I posted was YES literature.
I don't meant to be impolite, but are you quite dim witted generally or just about politics?

Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 1h

Predictably so. I remember Alistair Darling pointing out that Oil was a volatile commodity the price of which was far out of our control (at the whim and mercy of Putin and Saudi Princes) and Salmond tried to push the line that Darling was saying Oil was a bad thing. Totally disingenuous.

Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 2h

It's a little creepy how your side always talks about the kids, as if people on this side do not care about our children or future generations. It's like emotional blackmail rather than a reasonable good faith debate. Saturday night approaches so I shall leave you in peace. Goodbye.

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 2h

Well how about this?

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 2h

Remember this?

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 2h

I thought they had retired the de facto referendum pish when they lost Rutherglen and Hamilton?

Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 2h

You want me to make a big change. Sturgeon understood this only after the pain of Brexit. You want to tear up my way of life.
It's a very big ask for you to then start talking about crystal balls. Do better. And then do better again. Give me a case not built on Farage, wind and exceptionalism.

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 2h

It's very easy to make a favourable comparison for an imagined personal utopia where unicorns roam free and that nice Mr Swinney gives everybody £10k (or was it every home? Over what time scale, what frequency? still waiting for the ipad and bike btw) with an actual pragmatic negotiated status quo.

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 2h

I wish Labour and the SNP had put more into REMAIN campaigning. A vote was held, we lost. Having cut off our ear with Brexit, I don't see the point of then going for the nose with Scexit.

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 3h

You want change, make an honest case for it.

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 3h

You’ve hit the nail on the head. There is security and safety in known knowns, the status quo. You are asking us to take a leap with you into the unknown and you can’t (or don’t want to truthfully) answer basic common sense questions because you know it will sink your case.

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 6h

The SNP introduced austerity to Scotland in 2007

Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 6h

In hindsight, no. SNP spent more on a motorhome than campaigning for REMAIN, it’s a bit late to get all mawkish and misty-eyed now. What is your timetable for EU entry? How do you think currency, tariff, customs and freedom of movement border with our biggest customer and supplier will help Scots?

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 7h

By your logic I’ve been forced to live under an SNP govt for 18 years. You want to talk about democracy? Lets be consistent please.

Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 7h

‘We’ve’ not been forced. ‘We’ voted to stay. As you know. You are quick to say Scotland voted REMAIN. By the same rhetoric Scotland voted NO. The truth is more nuanced of course, but that doesn’t make for lazy and cynical broadbrush conference war crys.

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 8h

The SNP are cynically using the threat of Farage. I want to hear a better case. The same is true of all the major parties tbf. It’s a depressing time. I don’t know how I’m going to vote next year. Nothing on offer appeals.

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 8h

I voted NO in 2014. Those agitating for YES have yet to make a compelling case imho. Other opinions are available. I want a case where I can vote confidently and positively, aware of perils and pitfalls, not FarageBad. I hate Farage, he is bad, but he’s not a sensible reason to destroy my country.

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