Scottish independence movement remains strong with the SNP best placed to lead it – The Scotsman

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After 16 years of government by the SNP, support for Scottish independence is now a firmly mainstream view across the country. Pro-independence sentiment straddles traditional demographic divides and, almost a decade after the 2014 referendum, recent polling carried out by Survation found that 48 per cent of Scots would vote for it tomorrow. While not yet the consistent and sustained majority we need, this nonetheless represents a tremendous achievement.

The power of being in government is, after all, the power to set the political weather. Remember David Cameron’s 2011 declaration that the UK “is a Christian country, and we should not be afraid to say so” and contrast it with Rishi Sunak’s statement, just over a decade later, that “of course this is a secular country”. These two completely contradictory statements were possible because national identities are not fixed in aspic – they are in constant flux, shaped as much by political leaders as by our own actions and values

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