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THE Scottish National Party’s former policy head said yesterday that its argument for independence is dead.
Alex Bell, who was tasked with creating a social model for an independent Scotland between 2010 and 2013, said the economic case offered in the referendum campaign was based on wishful thinking and it was deluded to keep promoting it.
He suggested that the current SNP leadership knows this but continues to lead a “morally dubious” government which opposed Tory cuts without any credible alternative.
In response, the SNP said its case for “self-government for Scotland” was being backed by a growing number of Scots who are angry that the Westminster government “has not delivered on their vow of more powers.”
Writing on current affairs blog Rattle.Scot, Mr Bell said: “The SNP’s model of independence is broken beyond repair.
“The party should either build a new one or stop offering it as an alternative to Tory cuts.
“The campaign towards the 2014 vote, and the economic information since, has kicked the old model to death.”
