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Does The Arrest of Nicola Sturgeon Mean The Death of Scottish Nationalism?
And the end of the Scottish nationalist party as a political force in Brexit Britain?
It’s official.
The Scottish national party is dead.
Last week saw the arrest of the patron saint of Scottish nationalism — Nicola Sturgeon for financial misappropriation.
For all of Boris Johnson’s crimes during lockdown and the fixed penalty notice which he and his successor were given, last year, not once was he arrested or questioned under caution.
In the minds of folks in the north —and indeed — the south of the border, Ms. Sturgeon was the heart beat of the Scottish independence movement; her leadership and communication skills put Scottish nationalism right at the center of British life.
She succeeded where her predecessors — Alex Salmond and John Sweeney — had failed miserably.
And to most of us, we thought it was a case of when not if Scotland would become independent.
But all that’s no longer the case.
The dramatic change in fortunes of one of Britain’s politicians has been quite extraordinary and its consequences for our polity is worth examining.