24 hours on, pretty much everyone seems to have come to the same conclusion (with the assistance of briefings from the FM himself) about Humza Yousaf’s “independence strategy” as the one Wings saw immediately yesterday, namely that he’s taken Nicola Sturgeon’s flawed version of a de-facto referendum and made it even less credible.
In as far as they’re talking about it at all, anyway.
Still wondering what Humza Yousaf’s going to say to the SNP’s pretend “conference” on independence strategy this coming Saturday? Well, wonder no longer, because this morning he told Sky News.
In other words, he’s waving the white flag and praying for a miracle.
The Scottish National Party’s primary and defining purpose is Scottish independence. Next weekend’s “special conference” will at least notionally determine its policy on that subject for years to come. On the face of it it’s the most important congregation of party members in the SNP’s history.
The Caird Hall can accommodate just 3% of the claimed membership. (And you’d expect at least half the seats to have been reserved in advance for the faithful payroll.) Members ought to be fighting like dogs for a ticket. And yet a week before the event the leader is having to send out pleading letters to try to scare up enough attendees that it won’t be a half-empty humiliation.
The SNP tell us that independence support is currently at 53%.
They tell us that most Scots want a referendum within the next year:
And we know that it’s absolutely unequivocally possible for the SNP and Greens to trigger a Holyrood election which would serve as a de facto referendum not only within a year, but within weeks. Scots could entirely realistically go to the polls this August or September, or even on the date Nicola Sturgeon promised less than a year ago.
So why are the SNP choosing this of all moments to give up?
Nicky T Naquetti on The Party Of The Dead: ““Heather Herbert”…? “Humbert Humbert”, moar like” Aug 6, 19:15
Young Lochinvar on The Party Of The Dead: “Whoa there LL!! I was a brickies labourer prior to enlisting, it was a blistering hot summer way back then…” Aug 6, 18:43
Aidan on Anatomy Of A Grift: ““Any money you send us will be split as usual between running costs, commissioning polls, a wage for myself and…” Aug 6, 18:41
Red on The Party Of The Dead: “Lothianlad mentioned Nicola Sturgeon as the architect of the SNP’s demise. She is greatly responsible, but the rot set in…” Aug 6, 18:14
Dan on Anatomy Of A Grift: “What’s the status of a new Wee Blue Book and revenues raised for producing it? https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-loose-end https://donorbox.org/last-call” Aug 6, 18:00
thothScot on The Party Of The Dead: “It’s not uncommon that the undead are still there years and years later, shambling around shopping malls accosting people who…” Aug 6, 17:55
Bilbo on Anatomy Of A Grift: “I’ve got a feeling that social media is going to change beyond recognition in 5 years time. This is going…” Aug 6, 16:57
agentx on The Party Of The Dead: ““John Swinney @JohnSwinney ? The publication of the SNP’s accounts today shows that at the end of 2025 the party…” Aug 6, 16:51
Ian Smith on The Party Of The Dead: “I would not be surprised if they lined up positions for anyone leaving with one of their pet quangos or…” Aug 6, 16:43
Effijy on The Party Of The Dead: “They could busk until dusk and not finance the next election. Anyone with glass bottle returns, Embassy Coupons or Greenshield…” Aug 6, 16:42
Knuckle_Heid on The Party Of The Dead: “Good point Elmac and even if the SNP do manage to claw back the £400k from Peter Murrell, hopefully enough…” Aug 6, 16:38
Ian Smith on The Party Of The Dead: “Has anyone heard when the campervan and miscellaneous luxuries go up for auction? With no appeals, would it generally all…” Aug 6, 16:37
agentx on The Party Of The Dead: “I notice that they spent £221,079 on Information technology (page 15) and £117,636 on Audio Visual at the Conference (page…” Aug 6, 16:32
agentx on The Party Of The Dead: ““In November, the SNP’s ruling body agreed to a more “streamlined” staffing structure and announced plans to cut jobs from…” Aug 6, 16:22
Alf Baird on Anatomy Of A Grift: “People are conditioned by their environment, Hatey. Thus, in a colonial society the oppressed colonized group tend to suffer from…” Aug 6, 16:15
Elmac on The Party Of The Dead: “I assume that the liability of the SNP to those who donated to the ring fenced fund stolen by the…” Aug 6, 15:54
Skip_NC on The Party Of The Dead: “The drop in salaries cannot be explained by Murrell’s activities alone. There must have been redundancies and pretty hefty ones…” Aug 6, 15:37
I. Despair on The Party Of The Dead: “Eech, two articles on consecutive days headed by pictures of the “Heather Herbert” polycule.” Aug 6, 15:23
lothianlad on The Party Of The Dead: “I cant help believing that this is all part of the SNP being utterly corrupted by greed and brit nat…” Aug 6, 15:22
Chas on The Party Of The Dead: “Murrell has apparantly stated that he will repay the £400k+ that he stole from the SNP. He obviously has this…” Aug 6, 15:15
Hatey McHateface on Anatomy Of A Grift: “You’ve changed your tune, Alf. Only a couple of weeks since you (and your faithful sidekick Northy) were claiming that…” Aug 6, 14:10
Aidan on Anatomy Of A Grift: “Well exactly CC, vote in the most unqualified, malevolent, fanatical people into power election after election and then blame the…” Aug 6, 13:46
Captain Caveman on Anatomy Of A Grift: “If people vote in left wing governments year after year in Scotland, they shouldn’t be surprised at the outcomes. No…” Aug 6, 13:25
Rookiescot on Anatomy Of A Grift: “My head has fallen off and I have misplaced it. I have started a Go Fund Me account so I…” Aug 6, 13:21
Cynicus on Anatomy Of A Grift: “Herbie goes a-courtin’ https://archive.is/479cV” Aug 6, 12:18
Alf Baird on Anatomy Of A Grift: ““Every now and again we read of something going on in Scotland that makes patriotic Scots resolved to say “We’re…” Aug 6, 11:53
Southernbystander on Anatomy Of A Grift: “Fine line though isn’t there between incitement to murder and apathy to it possibly happening? I assume you would agree…” Aug 6, 11:17
