![]() ![]() That new cycle also includes shifting terrain at Westminster, where a Labour government may open new challenges and opportunities. There must be a clear recognition of the consequences of the defeat of 2014 and by extension an acceptance that the political cycle which followed the referendum is definitively over, requiring a wholly different set of organisational forms and ideas.This creates the conditions for a churn of leaders in the coming years, accompanied by multi-dimensional intraparty conflicts, in the search for meaning and a viable path forward.Ī transformation of thinking is required in five crucial ways: ![]() As embittered factions engage in a war of position for control and influence over a chronically undernourished and divided movement, there is an unspoken truth: independence is not around the corner. Combined with the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon amid a series of policy failures, the political rot which lies beneath is now unavoidable.ĭespite this, there remains denial about the gravity of the situation, and a distinct lack of high-quality debate and analysis on the national question. The independence project has been underpinned by a damaging and incoherent prospectus, an absence of campaigning and a deeply flawed strategic outlook. This is an abridged version of an article first published at Independence Captured.Īvid readers of Independence Captured will know that the decaying political foundations being exposed by the SNP leadership debate have been developing for some time. ![]() ![]() When all is said and done, we can expect the SNP’s electoral prospects to go into decline, regardless of who the eventual leader is, argues Jonathon Shafi ![]()
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