The SNP has missed its chance for Scottish independence - New Statesman

The cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine could banish hopes of independence for years – or even a generation.

Photograph by Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images One of the more interesting phenomena in the Scottish media microculture has been the emergence of a cadre of pro-independence, anti-SNP writers. A significant number of columnists once closely aligned with the party have lost patience with what they see as the slow pace towards a second referendum, or with the nature of the devolved government, and sometimes with the extremes and intolerances of the Yes movement. Outside of the Daily Mail , they have quickly become the angriest and most dedicated critics of Nicola Sturgeon’s administration. On

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