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The fight about to come

Posted on October 14, 2026 by

The obvious question is “Why haven’t you made a bigger one in all that time?”

Did it not seem important until now? Was there nothing significant going on? Or were they just a little short of cash for some unknowable reason?

Still, Keith’s going to make a “launch” speech. He makes it every year.

It’ll be ace. Always goes down a storm with the faithful. Everyone claps and goes home to their constituencies to prepare for the second indyref. Just like they will next year, the year after that, and the year after that. For the fight that’s always about to come.

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  1. Geoff Huijer says:

    Nowadays, there’s more chance of me believing it if Gordon Brown said it.

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  2. Garrion says:

    Boots and stamping and faces come to mind…

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  3. barelybare says:

    Will the SNP be fundraising for an indyref fund,? Surely they will need funds for it. If not, what was the purpose of the previous indyref fundraising?

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  4. Nicky T Naquetti says:

    Voting for “independence” (which would lead to us being being ruled by the globalist EU and IMF, the way things seem to be progressing) would be rewarding the SNP for their corrupt and totalitarian management.

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  5. Aidan says:

    Shall we ‘save the date’?

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  6. Rogueslr says:

    It’s like the series Seven Up, with him getting older, greyer and fatter with each passing year.

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  7. Ronnie says:

    Aye,right.

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  8. Rob says:

    It will be a cold day in hell before I would vote yes a second time while these morons are in charge.
    The government forgets the way to independence is to prove that they are capable of managing it.
    When Salmond was leader it was believable and i voted yes, now, not so much.
    If a referendum one comes up, and I am not convinced at the moment there is a genuine call for one, and things don’t change beforehand in Holyrood then I would simply vote no this time.

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    • sarah says:

      @ Rob, these morons will probably stay in charge until we leave the Union. They will have no hold on us afterwards.

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      • Aidan says:

        Oh yeah if Scotland achieved independence at the helm they’d definitely all just resign en-mass wouldn’t they, rather than say awarding themselves huge salary increases related to governing an independent state.

        The delusion and wishful thinking on display . .

    • am firinn says:

      Sarah is right again. Anyone who thinks that independence must wait for a perfect Scottish Government to be achieved does not believe in independence. Indeed it is logically impossible to deliver a perfect Government while possessing only imperfect powers. I admit logic and unionists bear almost no acquaintance at all. But anyone who thinks we should wait for Scotland to prove itself capable of independence should really take a look at the UK Government…

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  9. Dubh says:

    Utterly frustrating and damning in equal measure. *sigh

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  10. Lollysmum says:

    Of course Indyref2 is looming or ahead according to Keith Brown & that’s where it will always remain “ahead” as we’ll never get to it if SNP have anything to do with it.Whilst they sit twiddling their thumbs & bowing & scraping to Westminster the governments of England is laughing all the way to the bank.Shysters the lot of them-english & Scots alike. How many times have we listened to Brown- every conference its the same old song – not a truthful word is said.

    High time there was a clear out of of all the seat-warmers- Scotland can’t afford to have them doing Westminsters bidding- they certainly can’t be trusted to save Scotland;they like their salaries & pensions too much to jeopardise their seats on the Gravy train.

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    • sarah says:

      It’s so obvious, isn’t it? Why don’t the members all see it?

      Perhaps they do but they see no alternative [well, there was Alba..] and are powerless under the party rules. Didn’t Swinney do well to change the numbers needed to stand against the party leader?

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  11. BLMac says:

    Looks like the SNP have dug out the Independence Carrot from under all those Stonewall Gender Manuals.

    Now they’re looking for a longer stick to dangle it from.

    Oh look! Andy Burnham! Maybe he’ll waggle it about for them…

    Or maybe it’s time for we carrot munching donkeys to take a leaf out of the Icelanders’ book, and take charge.

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