"I intend to do everything that's within my power to enable that referendum to happen before the end of 2023"
— ScotlandTonight (@ScotlandTonight) January 10, 2022
Watch the First Minister's full interview on #ScotNight at 10.40pm pic.twitter.com/B1XTZA7usF
The clarity of language was becoming more encouraging, but this is a step backwards. "Everything in my power" could be code for just asking for a Section 30 yet again, and helplessly taking no as an answer (while muttering "this is totally unsustainable").https://t.co/CmmvS2d0uV
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) January 10, 2022
Please believe that I want to be wrong about this, but it seems to me the *actual purpose* of talking up a referendum in 2023 is not to get a referendum or independence, but instead to generate an SNP campaign pitch for the 2024 general election.https://t.co/0aVFzHsV5l
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) January 10, 2022
"We all thought it was unsustainable, but the Tories are standing in the way of Scotland's will. Don't let them get away with it, vote SNP!"
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) January 10, 2022
And then rinse and repeat for 2026, 2029 and 2031.
Actually the reverse is true. I'm taking her precisely at face value: "I will do everything within my power to do this" does not mean the same thing as "I will do this, this will be done".
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) January 10, 2022
It's possible that blind loyalty might make you hear something different.