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It knows that one enormous and immoveable block to its progress is at the heart of its weaknesses: the people do not want to buy the product that it is selling—a separate Scottish state.
I will tell members what the SNP could not buy. It could not buy a new Victoria hospital or Stobhill hospital in Glasgow and it could not build the infrastructure that we have planned for Scotland.
I acknowledge Irene Oldfather's gracious remarks about acceptance of the verdict. Perhaps that is dependent on contacts that have been made with those with whom the committee wished to make contact.
A range of external organisations from Angus attended. I urge the clerks to contact the economic development officials in the local authorities to get the names of such organisations.
The doctors said that it was a tremendous pity that I had not contacted them prior to 1993. You are in a particular category, and your disability is a degree of deafness.
I told them—I hope it was appropriate—that they should contact the clerk about sending petitions, rather than members taking them individually, which would lead to chaos.
The Executive has made it clear to me, as it has to other committee conveners, that I can make contacts, pass issues on and make comments whenever I wish.