This is because of the immense informal social control that exists in Scottish political discourse to nail your colours to the mast and never again give it a second thought.
The thing is, Scottish Labour’s election campaign and, particularly, newly-appointed leader, Anas Sarwar, have impressed me.
I know this will upset some of you and that hearing a pro-indy figure speak in such magnanimous terms is “literal violence”.
But, like many voters for whom constitutional matters are not the be-all-and-end-all of every political debate, Sarwar’s performance so far has given welcome pause for thought.
When Labour drops the performative anti-indy rhetoric and instead focuses confidently on policy, Yes voters like me are given something to think about.
It may be a sign of how little thinking we have done on anything except the next referendum that hearing someone like me say such a thing is so perturbing.
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