ALBA - Unofficial Forum

Good afternoon from Aberdeen, where as you may have seen, Roz Foyer of the STUC made a well-judged and well-received speech just before lunch, in which she expressed her strong support for the principle of self-determination, which she described immaculately as meaning that if a pro-independence majority is elected to the Scottish Parliament, the parliament should decide for itself on holding an independence referendum.  She received a huge round of applause.  Are we as delegates really going to follow up that applause in the afternoon session by surrendering to Westminster and imposing an impossible supermajority requirement upon the Scottish people?  I hope not, and it would be a truly bizarre thing to do, but that is exactly what we are being pressurised to do.  Fingers crossed for a sensible outcome.