Sturgeon resigns

[Deleted member 28]

Well, no. That's the basic denial of democracy bit. There is no lawful route to a second referendum, never mind actual independence.

Oh dear, pity you didn't take your chance last time.

A bit like Brexit though, vote, unhappy with the decision so spend the rest of your Iives trying to get another.

 

[newfhouse]

What progress would this be then, last time I looked Scotland was still part of the UK.

Independence is yet another aspect of life that is too complicated to fit a binary paradigm.

 

[multitool]

Oh dear, pity you didn't take your chance last time.

A bit like Brexit though, vote, unhappy with the decision so spend the rest of your Iives trying to get another.

No need wrt Brexit. That shoot is dead in the water. If the Telegraph is reporting that its a fark up then its game over.

 

[Deleted member 28]

No need wrt Brexit. That shoot is dead in the water. If the Telegraph is reporting that its a fark up then its game over.

It was amusing while it lasted though.

 

[multitool]

Not really.

The country is poorer. Decreased tax revenue means services are worse. And it has emboldened all the racists and bigots.

 

[Xipe Totec]

Not really.

The country is poorer. Decreased tax revenue means services are worse. And it has emboldened all the racists and bigots.

I'm inferring that you & the Shepmeister might be 'amused' by quite different things.

Anyway, breck Fuxit.

 

[Rusty Nails]

This is a summary of the average of polling results from five different organisations over the past 20 months. Other than an increase in support for independence around the time of the UK government decision not to allow a second referendum, which has now been reversed (the increase not the decision), to my untrained eyes it seems a pretty unchanging picture, but still a greater level of support than that shown in IndyRef1. Trends in polls are much more relevant than one-off results which can be affected too much by the current news.

It will be interesting to see the polls once she has stepped down and the leadership battle begins.

I would not be surprised if, as well as all the hard work she has put herself through over the years being virtually  the face of Scottish Independence, some disillusionment over the lack of a breakthrough in support has contributed to her decision.

Date	Yes	No	Don't Know
Jan 26, 2023	45.6%	46%	8%
Jan 18, 2023	46.6%	45%	7.4%
Jan 12, 2023	46.6%	44.8%	8%
Dec 21, 2022	49%	43.8%	6.6%
Dec 16, 2022	50%	43.6%	5.8%
Dec 9, 2022	49.4%	44.4%	5.6%
Dec 8, 2022	49.2%	45.2%	5.2%
Dec 5, 2022	48%	46%	5.4%
Nov 27, 2022	46.4%	46.8%	6.2%
Oct 11, 2022	45.8%	47.4%	6.4%
Oct 7, 2022	46.2%	47%	6.4%
Oct 4, 2022	45.6%	46.8%	7.2%
Aug 19, 2022	44.6%	47.2%	8.2%
Jul 1, 2022	44.4%	47%	8.4%
Jun 28, 2022	44.2%	47.4%	8.4%
May 29, 2022	44%	48%	8%
May 23, 2022	43.4%	48.2%	8.6%for the
May 3, 2022	44.2%	48.2%	7.6%
Apr 29, 2022	44.2%	48%	7.8%
Mar 31, 2022	44%	47.6%	8.2%
Mar 28, 2022	44.2%	46.4%	8.2%
Mar 16, 2022	45%	46.4%	8.4%
Feb 28, 2022	46.6%	45.2%	7.8%
Feb 4, 2022	46%	45.6%	8%
Jan 18, 2022	45.8%	45.6%	8.2%
Dec 22, 2021	45.6%	46%	8%
Nov 29, 2021	45.6%	47.2%	6.6%
Nov 22, 2021	44%	48%	7.6%
Nov 12, 2021	44.6%	48.2%	7%
Oct 28, 2021	44.6%	48.4%	6.8%
Oct 26, 2021	44.8%	47.6%	7.6%
Sep 18, 2021	45%	47.4%	7.8%
Sep 10, 2021	45%	47.7%	7.8%
Sep 9, 2021	45%	47.2%	8%
Sep 8, 2021	44.6%	47.4%	8.2%
Aug 5, 2021	44.6%	48.2%	7.2%
Jun 24, 2021	44.4%	48%	7.4%
May 14, 2021	43.8%	48.4%	7.6%
May 8, 2021	44.6%	48%	7.2%

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[newfhouse]

View: https://twitter.com/andy_murray/status/1625931916426846208?s=61&t=jXa3ZHnfYKLl8RZiYI27IA

 

[cookiemonster]

Oh dear, pity you didn't take your chance last time.

A bit like Brexit though, vote, unhappy with the decision so spend the rest of your Iives trying to get another.

The issue then was EU membership.

Then, in 2016, the English electorate had a massive brain fart which Scotland has been forced to deal with.

 

[Deleted member 28]

The issue then was EU membership.

Then, in 2016, the English electorate had a massive brain fart which Scotland has been forced to deal with.

Oh well, maybe next time?

 

[multitool]

If that is an allusion to having repeated referenda, you might pause to consider that the UK voted to join in 1975. Perhaps we should have just accepted the result of that democratic vote rather than holding more until we got the decision you wanted.

 

[Beebo]

View: https://twitter.com/andy_murray/status/1625931916426846208?s=61&t=jXa3ZHnfYKLl8RZiYI27IA

I know he’s only joking.
But imagine the amount of vitriol he’d get.

 

[Deleted member 28]

If that is an allusion to having repeated referenda, you might pause to consider that the UK voted to join in 1975. Perhaps we should have just accepted the result of that democratic vote rather than holding more until we got the decision you wanted.

I was referring to the referendum as it happens.

 

[matticus]

I know he’s only joking.
But imagine the amount of vitriol he’d get.

I suspect this woman doesn't need to imagine it:

I know I said I wouldn’t endorse anyone as my successor, but….
😉🤣 https://t.co/rubcXQW7Fi

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) February 15, 2023

This could be the best twitter romance since Greta and Andrew Tate! ❤️

 

[icowden]

We may never know why she is stepping down. She has buried herself in working for independence for years and has made huge progress. That sort of devotion is bound to take its toll.

You don't think it's related to this?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...CEO-husband-Peter-Murrell-quits-Minister.html

Of course the saddest part of this is that there will be no more poems written about the "wee look alike krankie..." in Private Eye