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Nicola Sturgeon rejects claims the SNP tried to con Scots over plans for independence after official figures indicated its economic estimates were billions out

Does she stand by everything in the ridiculous propaganda sheet they called a ‘White Paper?’ How can she fail to understand that the blatant lies it incorporated helped and are still helping to sink her party and to make it look foolish for the historical records? – Dreams of Caledonia Not a con, more like wishful delusional thinking tarted up! – Toup So nobody foresaw the decline in oil prices. Seems [Sturgeon] has never come across the concept of the worst case scenario, an essential component of all political thinking. – Goforitceltic In 2014 the SNP said ‘oil is just a bonus’, but now they’re blaming these dire figures on the downfall of the oil price. So which is it? – Jeffro Oil price is a red herring. Truth is North Sea oil is running out. Nobody argues about that, only when it will. Scotland needed a plan for when there is no oil money. – Jane 2 Point 0