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In a recent contribution to the Spectator it was noted that, despite the SNP and Nicola Sturgeon's woeful handling of a myriad of domestic issues, she and her party remain popular amongst Scottish voters, seemingly defying electoral and political gravity. 

In my last commentary for The Majority, I spoke about how the SNP, and Nicola Sturgeon, in particular, treat us — the Scottish electorate — as nothing more than stepping stones towards the realisation of their immature, teenage dreams. 

There is nothing, and no one, they would not sacrifice, take advantage of, exploit or attack in this all-encompassing obsession. An obsession that has divided our country, communities and families for the last decade. 

On Thursday, I read an article by Adam Morris in the Independent (If Boris Johnson wants to save the Union, he should stay far away from Scotland) which seems to encapsulate the appeasement and cowardice of the so-called Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party. So, I thought I’d go through it line-by-line and highlight the loserthink it embodies. 

Morris starts by trying to claim that the departure of Michelle Ballantyne is a gain for the party.

If, as we are told, Andrew Wilson, ex-RBS PR man, is the SNP’s ‘leading economist’ and 'the Yes movement’s leading intellectual', the SNP is not in good shape at all. Wilson has been given air space in the public prints recently, no doubt at the behest of Nicola Sturgeon, who gave his latest article, in the Spectator of 21 November 2020, a puff on Twitter, saying it was ‘on the case for independence – and the paucity of the case against – excellent and well worth a read’. 

Karl Marx famously stated that "religion is the opiate of the people", claiming that the ruling elite used religion to subdue the proletariat into accepting their place in society, in the mines and in the factories, by convincing them that God had ordained their lot in life. 

If they did not upset the social order, they, the meek, would inherit the Earth in the afterlife. If they resisted, they would be punished with eternal damnation for questioning the will of God. Countless suffered and died under this theocracy, waiting for a salvation that never came. 

In a recent speech to the Irish Dáil (parliament), Heather Humphreys, TD of the Fine Gael party, reproached Sinn Fein, saying that with Sinn Fein "it is always a case of do as we say and not do as we do". The masterful speech echoes in the current debate on nationalism within Scotland, for with the SNP it is also always a case of "do as we say and not as we do" and that is most obviously visible in their demands for a second independence referendum.