Five things you need to know about SNP independence papers

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uring the SNP leadership campaign Humza Yousaf admitted that if there was a “quick way” of achieving independence, his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon “would have found it”.

Before his first appearance before SNP members as first minister, he expanded upon this theme, saying that there were “no short cuts or wheeze” to leaving the UK.

It is now nearly ten years since the last independence white paper, in November 2013. Although the political landscape has changed, much of the SNP’s thinking remains the same — but there are some differences.

If anything, the case outlined in these papers, published in chapter form and not as a single document, seems a weaker one, less clear than last time.