THREAD: My provisional thoughts on Swinney's new independence paper, published this morning.

Nats gonna nat.

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SNP: The only lessons of Brexit are the convenient ones we choose. Less convenient lessons from Brexit will be ignored.

Worth pointing out that the "substantial and sustainable majority" trigger has been endorsed in recent years by Nicola Sturgeon, Humza Yousaf, Kate Forbes and, er, John Swinney. It is now to be ignored, apparently

Yessers: “But our flag’s different.”

Interesting that this SNP "right to decide" campaign is aimed very much at independence supporters. In the past, SNP campaigns for a referendum have aimed to draw in people who didn't support independence but who supported Scotland's right to determine its own constitutional

Lib Dem vote plus Green vote is greater than the Labour vote. And we've not yet seen the launch of the Corbyn/Sultana party.

Very much looking forward to reading this, by Peter Ross. It’s published on September 11.

My cat only lets me take a picture of him if he’s lit well.

My column in The Times from June last year arguing against Ian Murray's appointment as secretary of state for Scotland: thetimes.com/article/a4aac2… #justsayin

Department of Errors: In Nicola Sturgeon's memoir she says Douglas Alexander was Foreign Secretary in the previous Labour government. He wasn't.

Lyndon Dykes preparing to shoot 🤷‍♂️

Damn! A missed opportunity! I’m as devastated as you would imagine!

Lovely to be back in Blackpool.

Brutal.

Robert Doisneau: L’enfant Réfugiée, 1942