Marching her party members to the top of the hill only to march them down again, was something Nicola Sturgeon was accused of on numerous occasions when she led the SNP.
That promise of an independence referendum out there somewhere over the next hill kept the faithful happy - for most of the time anyway.
And to be clear, that's not a mandate for asking for another referendum, but to start the process of leaving the UK. A lot of all of this hangs on the fact that the SNP believes that putting in the first line of its manifesto that a vote for them equals a vote for Scotland to become an independent country. No ifs or buts. Forget any other reason why someone might choose to vote for Yousaf's party , he believes that this one line is all the clarity Scots need.
Wishart believes he has an answer - the SNP would withdraw its MPs from Westminster, convene a National Assembly and "begin to take forward the establishment of Scotland as an independent nation." But the Supreme Court made it very clear last year that the constitution is reserved to Westminster. Again, going against the law as it stands would surely bring about the same credibility issues on the international stage that Pete Wishart is so concerned about with Yousaf's plan.
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