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Sturgeon’s de facto referendum plan is dividing the SNP – The Spectator

11 February 2023/in Indyref 2, John Swinney, Nicola Sturgeon, Politics Matters, Scottish devolution, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Spectator /by sm_admin

SNP support ‘well below’ half of voters – Holyrood

20 January 2023/in Politics Matters, Scottish devolution, Scottish Independence /by sm_admin

SNP members offered two routes to independence – BBC News

15 January 2023/in BBC, Indyref 2, Nicola Sturgeon, Politics Matters, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP /by sm_admin

Letters to the press, 12/01/23: “If Nicola Sturgeon thinks her Health Secretary Humza Yousaf is doing a great job, I shudder to think what she considers failure. His record is abysmal. He is out of his depth, so much so that the First Minister did not allow him to speak at the briefing”

12 January 2023/in Humza Yousaf, Ian Balloch, Jill Stephenson, Letters, NHS Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP /by sm_admin

Scottish Government ‘out of touch with reality’ as MSPs debate independence while NHS struggles – Daily Record

10 January 2023/in Daily Record, Indyref 2, Politics Matters, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, Scottish Labour, SNP /by sm_admin

Letters to the press, 04/01/23: “Neither Ms Sturgeon nor the SNP is in charge of the country under the existing arrangements. It’s the Greens that are calling the shots these days, whether it’s the moves to restrict cars from cities, the delays improving death-trap roads through the North of Scotland, setting up impractical bottle deposit schemes or the postponement of the abolition of Air Passenger Duty”

4 January 2023/in Humza Yousaf, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Mark Openshaw, NHS Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Greens, Scottish Independence, SNP /by sm_admin

Letters to the press, 29/12/22: “Nicola Sturgeon needs to step in, but perhaps having been a health secretary herself she is loathe to. The result is precisely what we are all experiencing right now: stasis. Something or someone has to change”

29 December 2022/in Allan Sutherland, Dennis Grattan, Gerald Edwards, Humza Yousaf, Letters, NHS Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP /by sm_admin

SNP to hold special conference on independence in 2023 – BBC News

17 December 2022/in BBC, Indyref 2, Nicola Sturgeon, Politics Matters, Scottish Independence, SNP /by sm_admin

Letters to the press, 15/12/22: The SNP is not focused on education, health, transport, the economy and the things that matter to the public. “All we hear from it are empty promises — mealy-mouthed words which are meaningless”

15 December 2022/in Allan Sutherland, Dennis Grattan, Gerald Edwards, Jane Lax, Letters, Mark Openshaw, Nicola Sturgeon, Robert Scott, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, Shirley-Anne Somerville, SNP /by sm_admin

Letters to the press, 12/12/22: “During 15 “independence”-obsessed years in control at Holyrood, the one thing the Nats have excelled at is squandering vast amounts of taxpayers’ money on unsustainable hand-outs, just to bribe and gather votes.”

12 December 2022/in Allan Sutherland, Dennis Grattan, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_admin