Tin Ear vs Open Ear
I listened to the Scottish Parliament's Brexit minister, Mike Russell, on the BBC's Sunday Politics and was amazed to find that the SNP were so slippery and evasive on the question of People's Vote on the final terms of Brexit.
The SNP leader at Westminster, Ian Blackford, is reported in The Herald today as having an 'open mind' on the subject which strikes me as both odd and terribly timid.
More 'tin ear' than 'deaf ear', if you ask me, and on the single most important issue facing the country today - what in heaven's name is holding them back?
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16311370.snp-insists-it-has-an-open-ear-to-calls-for-a-second-brexit-referendum/
SNP insists it has an 'open ear' to calls for a second Brexit referendum
SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford
THE SNP has said it has an “open ear” to a potential second referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union, while continuing to fall short of backing one outright.
Ian Blackford, the party’s Westminster leader, insisted its priority was making sure Scotland could stay in the single market and customs union, but added it was "watching developments" over the prospect of another EU vote.
He said a hard Brexit would signal a "clear road map towards a second independence referendum that for me would be the priority".
It comes as SNP Brexit minister Michael Russell said he was “absolutely not hostile” to a second vote on any future deal, but suggested the result in Scotland would need to be respected.
He told the BBC: “There will have to be a vote at some stage. The question is what vote and when, and how it’s going to be achieved, and presently we don’t have answers to that.”
