An MP who was suspended by the SNP last week has said he will not rejoin the party until it is clearer about how it intends to win Scottish independence, describing its approach as “utterly clueless” ChrisGreenNews reports
“The SNP still have no clear understanding that it has to use elections to negotiate Scottish independence from Westminster by getting the backing of the majority of the electorate.”
“I will certainly be standing at the next election in Na h-Eileanan an Iar on an independence platform and I hope after clarity on independence after the October conference that I will be standing for the SNP,” his statement concluded.told a special SNP convention on independence in Dundee last month
However, both Labour and the Conservatives are unlikely to entertain such a prospect, with some independence supporters believing that the strategy will ultimately prove fruitless.
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