Stephen Flynn: “It may well materialise that that's exactly what we choose to do.”

The SNP, as far as I'm concerned, is the pressure group for independence.

With the weight of Scottish public opinion moving to our cause, we will see that final lap through together – for Scotland

It takes effort, it takes patient persuasion, it takes hard graft, but we can see that it is working

It’s almost like he has been taking advice from Anas Sarwar, the man who told us that he was a lifelong campaigner against the House of Lords, just as he was taking up a seat in the House of Lords.