SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said Scots have 'the right to wish a referendum at some point in the future'.
Dugdale – who left the Labour party four years ago – appeared as part of a panel alongside journalist and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, where she was asked about her views on independence and whether she thought there would be another referendum in Scotland in the next decade.
The former MSP admitted she had “moved” on the independence issue and said she could not stand up for the Union in the same way as she did as part of the Better Together movement in 2014.“I think there’s a large chunk of people who would have been hostile to us around 2014-2015 and who would have been strong supporters of independence,” he said.
“But they’re now saying openly that while they still like and support the idea of independence and want a referendum at some point in the future, the SNP has lost its way, and that it’s time for a change.” Sarwar was speaking as his party campaigned in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, with Labour and the SNP expected to be the frontrunners in the upcoming by-election.
The contest is a key indicator of any potential Labour revival north of the border, with a YouGov poll this week putting the party just four percentage points behind the SNP at a
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