“Nicola Sturgeon announced her decision to postpone the vote on independence… She said that "we will not seek to introduce the legislation for an independence referendum immediately," but added that there are plans to come back to it in late 2018” sputniknews.com/europe/2017062…
“Nicola Sturgeon argues that before the second independence vote goes forward there needs to be a more clear understanding of Brexit terms and that in the meantime the government will be trying to secure the best deal possible for Scotland in these talks…”
#2016
The SNP manifesto for May's Holyrood elections said the Scottish Parliament should have the right to hold another referendum if there was a "significant and material change" in the circumstances… such as Scotland being taken out of the EU…” archive.today/38wGJ
#2019
“Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has promised to put wheels into motion for a fresh referendum on independence from the UK…” dw.com/en/scottish-le…
#2019
“I can confirm that the Scottish government will act to ensure that the option of giving people a choice on independence later in this term of parliament [pre-2021] is progressed.”
“Ms Sturgeon added: “My preference would be to have the referendum and offer the choice to the people of Scotland within the first half of the parliament, which is a period that runs, as we touched on earlier on, until the end of 2023…”
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1/ This week three years ago. #AlexSalmond not guilty, having suffered public defamation and character assassination. The people who plotted against him did not care if the stress of false accusations had killed him or if he had ended his days in prison.
2/ Nicola Sturgeon claimed she never cast doubt on the verdict of the jury yet used every and any opportunity to infer that they had somehow got it wrong – doing so even during a Covid briefing.
3/ But things began to unravel for Sturgeon, Murrell and the conspirators. David Davis MP, used parliamentary privilege to reveal information that a whistleblower had sent him ⬇️
1/ “Police are investigating leaks of information about the Scottish government's inquiry into harassment allegations against Alex Salmond.” archive.today/Fkdox
Close aide, alleged to have been involved in criminal leak, turns up in Sharm El-Sheikh with Nicola Sturgeon.
3/ “Liz Lloyd was dismissed from her post as Chief of Staff to Nicola Sturgeon and took an extended leave of absence, returning to the Scottish Government in August 2021 as a “Special Adviser” reporting direct to the First Minister…”
1/ Why is Alyn ‘Reds-Under-the-Bed’ Smith so chummy with the British security sevices? He’s gone from war on cybernats to conflict with Russia. Smith’s time would be better spent planning Scotland’s exit from the UK and its #ColdWar2 foreign policy.
2/ Before he became SNP Spokesman for Russophobia – who now parrots standard UK state condemnation of #RussiaToday – he was happy to appear on the broadcaster. What changed? After all, Putin rebuffed Cameron’s request to come out in support of the UK in 2014 indyref.
3/ #WingsOverScotland described Smith and partner in Russophobia, Ukraine-dictatorship defending Stewart McDonald, as part of the ‘SNP’s transcult McCarthyites’ and part of the ‘ParteiStaatsPolizei’.
The Woke Princes are now on Foreign Affairs & Defence. wingsoverscotland.com/two-woke-princ…
“she [Sue Ruddick] expressed the sentiment that, if the police/Crown would specify the precise
evidence needed, she would get it for them…” craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2021/…
2/ “There was no conspiracy, it’s a heap of nonsense…”
3/ “texts show a concerted effort by senior members of the SNP to encourage complaints. The messages suggest that SNP chief executive Peter Murrell co-ordinated [Sue] Ruddick and Ian McCann, the SNP’s compliance officer, in the handling of specific complainants.”
1/ Smith: “a project Stewart McDonald and I have set up and have been quietly pushing on with for months – Project No Surprises.”
Explaining Scottish current affairs to a foreign audience is an excellent initiative. But do we want the SNP’s in-house ‘Laurel and Hardy’ doing it?
2/ Smith in today’s ScotNational, “…you’re not trying to make people aware of something they’re not aware of, you’re trying to explain a story people think they already understand.”
Smith & McDonald themselves demand some further explanation ⬇️