There are lots of discussions around politics & independence & so on right now. There are good ideas, bad ideas, and inevitably many uncertainties. But if there is one thing I am sure of with every fibre of my being it is that we should not be campaigning for a second indyref >

> until we are through this covid nightmare. I can't get my head round how anyone would think it a good idea. What would we be saying to voters? Hey we know many of you are traumatised, we know many of you are worried sick about your jobs but we want to talk about >

independence instead because our priorities are more important than yours. It would be a colossal failure of leadership, yes, but it would also be a colossal failure to read the room. If voters don't believe that politicians care about how they feel, that they don't understand>

> the struggles and worries of the people they represent, then they will quite rightly stop electing them. Listening is as important as talking in politics. So, no, there will be no campaigning on independence until we are on the other side of this because the vast majority of >

> Yes supporters, as well as pro-UK voters, don't want there to be.