"The issue is not one of what powers the Scottish Parliament should have but of who gets to decide what powers the Scottish Parliament should have.
Only the people of Scotland..."
"Only the people of Scotland have the legitimate authority to make that decision. On Thursday 18 September 2014, for the first time in history, the people of Scotland will have the opportunity to exercise that authority through the democratic process. We will hold..."
"We will hold in our hands all the powers that the parliament of a nation should have. All the powers that we know we want for our parliament.
We can choose..."
"We can choose to continue to be the ultimate political authority in Scotland by affirming our sovereignty with a Yes vote. Or we can choose..."
"Or we can choose to hand that authority back to those whose sole imperative is to ensure that the Scottish Parliament never has the powers that the people of Scotland want.
Devolution is not..."
"Devolution is not an option. Devolution is dead."
"I am content to simply be Scottish - as in a person whose personal identity includes a component informed by the fact that I regard Scotland as the country to which I belong."
"I will not have notions of Britishness imposed upon me. And I am certainly not about to assert Britishness in order to pander to the political sensitivities of others."
"I'm Scottish, not British. As far as my personal identity is concerned, Britishness is an entirely redundant concept."
One of the great fallacies of the independence movement is the notion that people may be persuaded by 'factual' economic arguments, even supposing such a thing could be contrived. #DissolveTheUnion
The truth is that, long before a person arrives at any discussion of economic factors, their position has been firmly established on the basis of ideology, identity, partisan loyalty etc. #DissolveTheUnion
People who have already made up their minds about a social or constitutional issue turn to economists for algebraic affirmation and the confidence that comes from having assumptions, preconceptions and prejudices papered over with graphs and charts. #DissolveTheUnion
It is not reasonable for the Yes movement to suppose the the 'right time' for a new referendum is something which might simply emerge from conditions determined almost entirely by those most bitterly opposed to the very idea. #Referendum2018#DissolveTheUnion
The 'right time'for a new referendum is something which must be created by the Yes movement. The practicalities of this task remain the same regardless of when the referendum is declared or held. #Referendum2018#DissolveTheUnion
Only the circumstances in which the referendum is declared and held change over time. It is reasonable to suppose that, while those circumstances are determined by the British state, they will only become less favourable. #Referendum2018#DissolveTheUnion
Indefinitely postponing a new independence referendum IS NOT a consequence-free option. It is, in fact, PRECISELY what British Nationalists want. We know this because it is EXACTLY what they have been campaigning for. #Referendum2018
British Nationalists hope that we will postpone a new referendum beyond the 2021 Scottish Parliament elections. Their intention is to mount a massive propaganda campaign with the aim of reducing support for the SNP. #Referendum2018
British Nationalists know that even a small drop in the SNP vote will create an opportunity for a 'Grand Coalition' of British parties to seize control of the Scottish Parliament. #Referendum2018