Ten years ago today the Scottish independence referendum took place. The result was a resounding defeat for those who wanted Scotland to break away. The decade since has not been kind to the Scottish nationalist project.
It all seemed very different for nationalists on the afternoon of Thursday September 18, 2014
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond, who led the independence campaign, looks a shadow of his former self. Last Saturday, Salmond was ignored by weary shoppers as he addressed a couple of hundred flag-waving supporters in Glasgow’s George Square; meanwhile, current party boss John Swinney gave an interview this week in which he suggested that the independence project’s great hope was an ‘independence generation’ of young Scots. The unspoken part was that elderly Scots are getting in the way of Scotland’s dream of breaking free from England.
As for Nicola Sturgeon? Well, even the selfie-Queen herself knows to keep a low profile, these days.
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