March 29, 2024
Do you remember last year? The SNP were promising that there would be a second independence referendum in 2020. What happened to it?
We are in the absurd position of the SNP demanding ever more generosity from the UK Government and a never-ending commitment to protect Scottish jobs and businesses with Treasury money.
We are in the absurd position of the SNP demanding ever more generosity from the UK Government and a never-ending commitment to protect Scottish jobs and businesses with Treasury money.

Do you remember last year? The SNP were promising that there would be a second independence referendum in 2020. What happened to it? Why didn’t we have it? Or is it still to come in the next few weeks only I haven’t noticed the campaigning?

No. At some point Nicola Sturgeon admitted that indyref2 would not be happening in 2020 due to Covid. It might have been difficult to vote when we were all in lockdown.

But the SNP did not give up on Indyref2 and the postponement wasn’t for long. The plan is to hold another referendum in 2021. At the Scottish Parliament Election due to happen next May the SNP, the Greens and the Alliance for Independence (or SNP mark II) will campaign for a second referendum. Some people think if they get a big enough majority this will put sufficient pressure on Boris Johnson to grant it. Others think he will say, constitutional matters are reserved and outside the remit of Scottish Parliament elections and anyway the Conservative manifesto of 2019 was clear about there being no second referendum for the next five years at least.

There has been lots of excitement this summer because of these uncertainties. The Alliance for Unity has been created because the Pro UK side wants to stop the SNP gaining a majority. This is only partly because we think it would be better for someone else to have the chance to run Scotland, someone who might actually focus on things like education and healthcare (i.e. devolved matters), rather than continually focus on reserved matters (i.e. independence).

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(5) Boris Johnson told he will be ‘gone after Brexit’ in dire forecast over political future

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