Iain Macwhirter: The SNP was roaring ahead even before the Growth Commission report – is now the time for a referendum?

WHERE’S Alex? You know, Alex Salmond, the former leader of the SNP, who led the 2014 referendum campaign. Perhaps he’s been spirited away under a witness protection programme and given a new name. At any rate, his public profile since the publication of the SNP’s new Growth Commission report has been next to non-existent. This may not be unconnected with the fact that the Growth Commission report is being seen by many as a repudiation of the 2013 Independence White Paper, which was his bible. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16280754.Iain_Macwhirter__With_polls_soaring__is_it_time_for_Sturgeon_to_call_a_second_referendum_/