Scotland's 'once in a lifetime' referendum

When SNP leader Alex Salmond appeared on the Andrew Marr programme on BBC television on the Sunday before the Scottish Referendum in September 2014 he said:  'In my view this is a once in a generation - perhaps even once in a lifetime - opportunity.'

Later he denied ever saying 'once in a lifetime' and insisted he had said 'the opportunity of a lifetime'.  He even described that September 2014 promise as a 'collective myth'.

However footage of the interview and an official transcript showed that he had used the 'once in a lifetime' phrase when asked whether he would pledge not to 'bring back another referendum' if the nationalists lost.  

'Once in a lifetime' - that statement was unqualified and unconditional and Nicola Sturgeon did not dissent from it but the SNP was trying to rewrite history.

The SNP simply could not accept that they had lost and are determined to turn a referendum into a neverendum.