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for being ruled by London for nostalgia reasons is down at 25%.

Handsome Albannach Try the reverse, support for Indy dropped to that.

Itzi Bitzi Sounds like the best of three according to the eminent doctor from the University of London. And therein lies the problem. Will the SNP take any notice from London, England?

634TDJ

Why would you want indyref 3 when the voters have already rejected “indypendun­ce” in one referendum, and don’t show much sign of wanting indyref 2, far less of actually changing their minds.

slowman If the Scottish people had wanted to leave the UK, and voted to, England would have let us go. But, we voted to stay in the UK and and the UK is supporting the democracy of ensuring the vote of the majority is honoured. Unfortunat­ely, the SNP are not a democratic party and ignore the vote of the people by continuall­y pushing for another referendum.

Englishand­inscotland What a stupid idea. Far simpler to just increase the percentage required to carry the motion, in the region of 66%. That focuses the minds of the protagonis­ts. Imagine all the time wasted in going through due process to then see it dumped!

Grigalach They could start with their own Pete Wishart.

Bertyfish Start by getting the MPS and MSPS to stop retweeting them.

Weary Cynic Why has it taken these nationalis­t politician­s so long to speak out? The abuse has been going on for years now. Since at least before the unwanted, damaging and divisive independen­ce referendum.

Harp It is a bit late guys. You fanned the flames of nationalis­m and chose to plaster yourselves with the flag which many of the people who don’t agree with you hold very dearly. You encouraged the belief in the alignment between the SNP and nationalis­m and being Scottish. You set the tone, you fanned the fire, you are to blame.

Roastin After reading the headline my breakfast porridge is now splattered over my laptop. In what alternativ­e universe can the cesspit that Holyrood has become be called successful? Dewar must be spinning in his grave.

Starlet

There isn’t a single solitary reason why we should. And, besides, it isn’t a Parliament.

World wide football fan

30 minutes spent watching the Scottish Parliament TV Channel would blow apart this whole article. 3-7 minute speeches, pre written and repetitive, follow hour after hour. Political dogma overriding common sense, nationalis­t tribalism to the fore. Currently the place is nothing but a huge cashguzzli­ng white elephant.

Sky Go

By any standard, devolution has achieved virtually nothing of note, just delivered an increasing­ly divided and embittered Scotland.

Esox Hunter

Facts speak for themselves. Holyrood is stable and works for the Scottish population. Westminste­r is an absolute disaster and the English people are sadly neglected and confused.

James Watson It’s certainly been a great success if you’ve been one of those with your snout in the trough. For the rest of these – debateable.

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 ??  ?? 0 This colourful picture of a few flamingos at Edinburgh Zoo grabbing forty winks was taken over the Bank Holiday weekend by Scotsman reader Andrew Thomson
0 This colourful picture of a few flamingos at Edinburgh Zoo grabbing forty winks was taken over the Bank Holiday weekend by Scotsman reader Andrew Thomson

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