Let all of us in the independence movement hope that Boris Johnston is not as astute in dealing with his Scottish problem as he has proved in setting out his negotiating position with the EU - ­otherwise he would ­readily give Nicola Sturgeon her indyref2 for next year, so we could fight it in a land awash with the negative consequences of the Alex ­Salmond trial, whatever its verdict.
Ake ukuthi sonke  enhlanganweni elwela inkululeko sibe nethemba lokuthi uBoris Johnston akayena umuntu onobuhlakani ekubhekaneni nenkinga yakhe yaseScotland njengoba eveza isimo sakhe sokuxoxisana ne-EU - uma kungenjalo uzonikeza uNicola Sturgeon indarefu yakhe ngonyaka ozayo, ngakho-ke singayilwa nayo ezweni eligcwele imiphumela emibi yecala lika-Alex Salmond, noma ngabe yisiphi isinqumo salo.