'Patience, Fresh Thinking and Honesty' - In Short Supply
Lots of great writing about Nicola Sturgeon's 'legacy' over the weekend, none better than Alex Massie's piece in the Sunday Times - his opening and final paragraphs hit the nail on the head.Independence is not actually inevitable. The Union’s resilience is the most persistently under-estimated aspect of current Scottish politics. https://t.co/RVDAyDzbX0
— alexmassie (@alexmassie) February 19, 2023
"A new era beckons and not before time. Eight years in office is long enough for any politician. Like claret, there comes a point at which even the best cease improving and begin to become undrinkable.
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"If the SNP wants to win its final victory it needs three things above all else: patience, fresh thinking and honesty. At present, it is lamentably deficient in all three and this, as much as anything else, is Sturgeon’s legacy."