National Unity Through Silence
As 11 million people in the US State of Georgia take part in a (historic) election today, which, with any luck will hasten Donald trump’s ejection from the White House, Unionists in Britain have begun to try and undermine the idea of an election in May at Holyrood.
The Times editorialises with the interesting headline of “Vaccine over Vote”:
“Postpone this year’s Holyrood elections. Now is not a time for the distraction of political campaigning” it thunders – having first established (without any evidence) that:
“There is no realistic possibility of there being another referendum this year or next” The Times goes on to argue that: “just as the circumstances are not right for the staging of a second independence referendum, they might not be right for an election. Scots are due to go to the polls in May to select members of the Scottish parliament. Ms Sturgeon and all opposition leaders must now consider whether such a schedule is practical. How can campaigning and voting go ahead safely when we simply do not know when transmission of the virus will be under control?”