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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
You said that which parties the SNP went into coalition did not matter, basically. My example simply demonstrated that it did.
Are you deliberately trying to misunderstand?
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The issue seems to be that you've interpreted my post differently to they way it was intended. I am sorry for any lack of clarity on my part.
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I think the alliance with the Greens achieves what it set out to do - create a pro-independence Scottish government. Attempting to judge the alliance on other criteria misses the point.
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What I mean by that is that the critical issue is that there is a pro-independence government in place in Scotland for the next four years. What does this mean? It significantly increases the chances of an independence election being called.
Apart from Alex Salmond's new party, the other parties are against independence. Sure, the two parties in government won't see eye to eye 100% on everything but both are centre-left which is far closer than the two parties you used as examples. And sure, there are many reasons why someone voted SNP instead of the Green Party but the key aspect remains - for the first time there is now a pro-independence government in charge of a devolved Scottish Parliament.