The One Who Knocks, Mon 1 Jul 09:54

The snp had been working with other independence minded parties but you seemed to not like their coalition with the greens. You keep going on about how a Sturgeon led snp wiped out labour in 2015. 2015 wasn`t the end of history. In 2010 general election Gordon Browns labour party almost wiped out the Salmond led snp. Things change and the sentiment of voters are built on shifting sands.
Nobody, not Swinney, not Salmond or whoever can promise independence because it isn`t in their hands to deliver it. It`s up to the people to want it. If everybody that voted snp or the greens or alba took to the streets and marched on Holyrood on a specific day to demand a referendum then Westminster would be forced to act. That ain`t going to happen though. Not when their is football to watch and latest series to binge on netflix.

wee eck, Mon 1 Jul 11:35

So why not have a referendum to settle it? I`ve no doubt if the Unionist parties win more Westminster seats than the SNP on Thursday this will be interpreted as a vote against independence. When the SNP won a huge majority of seats the Unionists didn`t see it as any kind of mandate for a referendum or even a request for one - double standards as ever in this precious Union.

Parboiled, Mon 1 Jul 15:42

A hamster knows there are two genders, a question Swinney couldn’t answer to save himself this morning!

Tad Allagash, Mon 1 Jul 16:34

‘A hamster knows there are two genders..’

To be fair, it’s quite difficult to tell the difference between a male and female hamster, so they must be smarter than we give them credit for.

The only issue with giving hamsters the vote is that they’re technically Syrian immigrants…..