referendum on independence, how can you be sure that that's what people are actually voting for? people vote in general elections for all kinds of reasons and all kinds of motivations as they go to the polls. and, you know, a question i would be asking and i have been asking, in fact, people in the party is — is it a one line manifesto from the scottish national party in the next election from the snp just saying — scotland should be an independent country and if you vote for the snp, you're voting for us to open negotiations with westminster to secede from the union? now, i was speaking to someone quite senior in the party who was saying they don't think that's likely, but they think the entire manifesto, if this goes ahead, if this happens, if we end up in this scenario, will be based around that and will be a manifesto drawn up to describe why independence would be, in their view, the way forward for scotland. now... but to come to your point, it's a time of extraordinary turmoil and i think that cuts both ways, because opponents of independence will say, are you mad?