Indyref skirmish
Likewise Alex Salmond, as with the influx of new SNP members following same referendum, the realisation that what took place on 18 September was a mere skirmish and that the war had simply shown itself to be sometime else.
The realisation was enhanced because those considered by many to have hitherto been their partners in a congenial union were seen to be wielding words of enmity against them. Deeds of enmity too.
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Hide AdThe Union partnership was in fact seen to be instead a unionist partnership and the very recognition of Scotland as a distinct identifiable nation was in danger of lasting denial.
Sometimes individual battles determine who is with you and who is not; they test the mettle of those engaged in them, they clarify main issues, and they are thus put in perspective as to their place in a bigger scheme of things.
Ian Johnstone
Forman Drive
Peterhead