Broken friendships and the power of the gospel

Graeme Shanks  |  Comment
Date posted:  25 Sep 2024
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Broken friendships and the power of the gospel

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'Nicola and I are no longer on speaking terms’. Those were the chilling and frank words of Alex Salmond in the recent BBC documentary1 exploring the breakdown of the long-term political partnership between him and Nicola Sturgeon.

She in turn spoke about the uneasy feeling that she lives with, when considering that some of the best moments of her life feature the man with whom she is now at odds. Certainly no love lost in this textbook impasse.

When 'sorry' seems hard

As I watched, there was one thing in particular that struck me. The cause that they both so passionately believe in and have given their lives to, Scottish independence, is not big enough to encourage them to find a way through their difficulties. There is little doubt that the independence cause has suffered as a result of their relational stalemate.

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