In a democracy, 54% is very much “there”. Not only has the plane touched down, we’ve got through customs, taken a taxi home, and unpacked our suitcases. Whether we can stay “there” is another matter, of course, but 54% is an absolutely clear majority.https://t.co/PPEq59gSAk
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) July 5, 2020
Let’s not be downhearted, folks. When we have a 100% Yes vote, ie. when we’ve persuaded Jackson Carlaw, Ruth Davidson and that “in the name of Jesus” bloke from Question Time, the SNP MP for Stirling might think it’s OK to do something about independence.https://t.co/2cSpmyxaDR
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) July 8, 2020
There’s a 1980s Doctor Who story in which leaders get an entire population to spend decades ‘repairing’ a spaceship, with the slogan “Towards the Embarkation!” At the end you find out the ship was in working order all along, but no-one knows how to fly it.https://t.co/IcFFbYJbfk
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) July 8, 2020
Which, even if true, makes it by definition superior to Plan A, which considerable and mounting evidence suggests cannot lead to independence.
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) July 8, 2020
Lloyd, we’re stuck right now. What’s your alternative to the failed Plan A? (Hint: the answer cannot be simply “persuade even more than 54% of people to support independence”, because that would make a Section 30 order even less likely to be granted.)
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) July 8, 2020
That question has been asked by other people, such as Pete Wishart. It begs the obvious reverse question “if you think the UK wouldn’t even respect a mandate for independence, why would they pay any heed to yet another mandate for a referendum?” Doesn’t make sense, does it?
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) July 8, 2020
Nope, they’ll just shrug their shoulders and repeat the “once in a lifetime” lie. Nothing will happen unless we make it happen – and that inescapably means acting without a Section 30 order.
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) July 8, 2020
Alyn has also conveniently forgotten all the other YES-Majority polls in 2020, apart from the most recent two.
Why, I wonder??? – you would think he would be celebrating those, rather than deliberately ignoring them?
— David Francis (@beith123) July 8, 2020
And if we don’t even *look* like we might act – if the official line going into next May is “we’ll ask for an S30 again and nothing more” – then we’re making it easy to say no. The threat of some kind of plan means questions will be asked of the No side.
— thatgumulike (@thatgumulike1) July 8, 2020
How can we or he measure the extend of the “persuaded” before there is even a campaign? 54% without a campaign may be about as good as we’ll ever get!
— Arthur F Jones (@ArturusFJones) July 8, 2020
