Independence shouldn’t mean end of Union, claims SNP backbencher

Back to Scotland, where it appears even the SNP’s own politicians have lost faith in the party’s raison d’être. One of First Minister John Swinney’s backbenchers, Emma Roddick, has apparently decided that an independent Scotland shouldn’t mean the end of the Union — despite her party having argued for secession for decades while many separatists now refer to the UK only as ‘these isles’. Mr S accepts the Nats don’t often make sense at the best of times, but this development is staggering even for them.

How Roddick — recently sacked from her ministerial role after Swinney’s not-so-radical reshuffle — has come to this conclusion Mr S is not entirely sure. In a rather confusing interview with the august journal that is the National, the Highland MSP bleated that:

I don’t want Scotland to be independent and then act on our own, I want us to be a voice on the world stage and promote international cooperation.