Former FM & Alba Party leader Alex Salmond did suggest to me on @BBCNewsnight last night both that independence negotiations should start immediately if theres pro indy majority at Holyrood, and that if a referendum was denied, there were legal & “other democratic tests”
https://twitter.com/bbcnewsnight/status/1375588234789539840
AS: “our argument is negotiations -which we believe should start when there is an independence majority in Parliament - that these negotiations might encompass referendums or other democratic tests..there might be international pressure, there could be international legal action”
also: “There will certainly be peaceful demonstrations of the people of Scotland. That's all part of the political pressure that you build up to take forward independence case”
Seems clear he intends to inject some pressure into faster paced push for indy, by variety of means.
Seems clear he intends to inject some pressure into faster paced push for indy, by variety of means.
other example of that was his argument on vexed issue of the currency and independence that “to take advantage of the extremely low or even negative interest rates” would tend to make the case “for moving to a Scottish currency just as quickly as you can”... big shift from 2014..
When I pushed Mr Salmond on the currency issue, which arguably was the trickiest argument in 2014 (which I also interviewed him on at the time), he said: “You want debt denominated in your own currency to take advantage of low interest rates to invest”...
Also pushed the former first min on the implications of Brexit for a land border with biggest trading partner, England...
He emphasised the collapse in prices for Scottish fish after the deal, and that Scotland could have the access to both single markets, similar to NI...
He emphasised the collapse in prices for Scottish fish after the deal, and that Scotland could have the access to both single markets, similar to NI...
Salmond claimed in NE Scotland “my former fishing constituents one of the few areas of Scottish society that voted for Brexit, I think just about all of them have changed their minds given the implications of having their produce shut out of the single market”...
Also put this issue of collapse in fishing exports to EU directly to the Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross, and asked him if he would press Lord Frost and the PM on an SPS agreement to reduce post Brexit red tape for eg Scottish fish exporters:
https://twitter.com/bbcnewsnight/status/1375597544995192834?s=21
Both interviews in full are over here and on the iPlayer, for some reason, you were watching the rugby... thanks to both @alexsalmond and @douglas4moray for interrupting the Friday night #FRASCO celebrations to join us on @bbcNewsnight
https://twitter.com/lharriswhite/status/1375600998530617350?s=21
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