It is upto the people to come together for independence and vote for the Scottish parliamentary party designed to implement independence. As you say Peter, King Canut failed to rule the parliamentary parties are not going to unite. The recent split of the SNP from the Greens demonstrated that eventual failure.
While the people are sovereign, they, unfortunately, belong to different parties, so believing that it is their right to tell the different political parties to join forces in the name of independence. However, there are many different groups of sovereign people, from the unemployed to business owners and from the services to the trade unions etc.etc.
All have different values concerning the independent state of Scotland. All of which might be represented in a national convention on the subject of independence. Concluding in the positive which a Scottish government would not be able to refuse. Thereby using the political powers to implement a national demand.
A national convention can only have democratic legitimacy if it is established by the Scottish Parliament. That means the Scottish Government would have to be onboard. The national convention idea is a 'solution' that is critically dependent on the problem having been solved.
It is upto the people to come together for independence and vote for the Scottish parliamentary party designed to implement independence. As you say Peter, King Canut failed to rule the parliamentary parties are not going to unite. The recent split of the SNP from the Greens demonstrated that eventual failure.
While the people are sovereign, they, unfortunately, belong to different parties, so believing that it is their right to tell the different political parties to join forces in the name of independence. However, there are many different groups of sovereign people, from the unemployed to business owners and from the services to the trade unions etc.etc.
All have different values concerning the independent state of Scotland. All of which might be represented in a national convention on the subject of independence. Concluding in the positive which a Scottish government would not be able to refuse. Thereby using the political powers to implement a national demand.
A national convention can only have democratic legitimacy if it is established by the Scottish Parliament. That means the Scottish Government would have to be onboard. The national convention idea is a 'solution' that is critically dependent on the problem having been solved.