The SNP’s independence convention gets off to a shaky start

It’s finally here. The SNP independence convention has been in the works for quite some time – it was initially supposed to be Nicola Sturgeon’s de facto referendum conference – so you’d think that its execution would be slick, its planning well organised. Think again. It will come of no surprise to readers, Mr S is sure, that there is little about this conference that has been ‘slick’ or ‘well organised’. The decision to keep Indyref superfans waiting outside until the (very late) start meant that anti-separatist protestors had time to set up shop on the steps of Dundee’s Caird Hall. A suitably Scottish brawl broke out between those from ‘ultra unionist’ group A Force for Good while SNP loyalists retorted with chants of ‘Flower of Scotland’. How very civilised…

Once inside, the audience composed itself, conserving its energy to fangirl Humza Yousaf’s Big Independence Announcement (the de facto referendum that’s absolutely not a de facto referendum).