SNP leadership hopeful Ash Regan has announced an uncompromising plan to win Scottish independence as the race to replace to Nicola Sturgeon heats up
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Regan insisted any pro-independence majority at a Westminster or Holyrood election should be taken as a mandate for independence and she would – if first minister – then invite the UK Government to negotiate Scotland’s departure from the union. Holding a constitutional convention has long been a policy of the Alba Party and its leader Alex Salmond – who on Friday praised both Ms Regan and Finance Secretary Kate Forbes, who is considered a leading candidate for the SNP leadership.“If pro-independence parties – with a clear mandate for such actions in their manifestos – have more than 50% plus one of the votes cast in a Westminster or Holyrood election, this will be a clear instruction that Scotland wishes to be an independence nation.
Regan’s campaign has already received a boost as fellow SNP rebel Joanna Cherry announced her support.
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