Absolutely spot on about this latest attempt to shift the blame for the enormous difficulties of leaving the UK. Although a ridiculous argument, it will be repeated endlessly and the SNP have shown in the past that they can make the most unairworthy cases fly.
The process which Nicola blames for this "impoverishment" - Brexit - is exactly the one she wants to repeat, right down to having no confirmatory vote on the withdrawal terms. That means she can repeat the Salmond/Sturgeon promises of 2014 that leaving will be comparatively easy and face no penalty for not delivering.
Many non-nationalists still seem reluctant to describe the SNP's plans as another Brexit. We too often use the nationalists' language of "independence" - a highly nuanced and variable term in this interdependent world.
Absolutely spot on about this latest attempt to shift the blame for the enormous difficulties of leaving the UK. Although a ridiculous argument, it will be repeated endlessly and the SNP have shown in the past that they can make the most unairworthy cases fly.
The process which Nicola blames for this "impoverishment" - Brexit - is exactly the one she wants to repeat, right down to having no confirmatory vote on the withdrawal terms. That means she can repeat the Salmond/Sturgeon promises of 2014 that leaving will be comparatively easy and face no penalty for not delivering.
Many non-nationalists still seem reluctant to describe the SNP's plans as another Brexit. We too often use the nationalists' language of "independence" - a highly nuanced and variable term in this interdependent world.