The party, which won 56 of Scotland’s 59 seats in May’s general election, pushed for a vote last year in which Scots voted by a margin of 55 percent to 45 percent against independence.
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First minister Nicola Sturgeon has revealed that the SNP would the timescale for another referendum in its manifesto ahead of the Scottish Parliament election in 2016.
SNP leader Sturgeon has previously said there could only be another independence vote if Scots voted for a party which proposed one in a Scottish parliamentary election.
“Our manifesto will set out what we consider around the circumstances in which, and the possible timescale in which a second referendum might be appropriate”, the SNP leader told the Sunday Herald.
People career across the southern part of Scotland could take the possibility to ballot on Scottish Independence.
“So at every single stage this is something that is driven by and decided by the people of Scotland, not by politicians”.
“But the party will also be aware that if it were to lose a second referendum then that certainly would prove to be “decisive“, and holding such a referendum on the back of polls that suggest the outcome would be something close to a 50:50 split would certainly constitute a considerable risk”. Sturgeon said a referendum on independence could be held “in five years or 10 years”.
Former First Minister Alex Salmond said a second independence referendum would be “inevitable“.
Ms Sturgeon formerly forewarned that often changes at Westminster that include “English Votes for English Laws” could touch off another…
Opposition parties have repeatedly blamed Sturgeon for failing to deliver on her “once-in-a-generation” referendum promise.
“I think there is more we need to do for the transgender communities – so it’s a big agenda and I’m determined that we keep moving in the right direction”.
“A year after she promised us that it would be a once-in-a-lifetime event she is now putting her party first before the country by plunging us into another protracted campaign for independence”.
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“If there was a mandate for a referendum, any UK Prime Minister who tried to stand in the way of the Scottish people would be very, very foolish indeed”, he said.
