FORMER first ministers Nicola Sturgeon and Henry McLeish clashed on Scottish independence at an event at Wigtown Book Festival.
Scotland political editor Brian Taylor, also included Tory MSP Liz Smith.
The Scotland Act, 25 Years On, explored all that has happened since the legislation was first passed in November 1998.government of “democracy denial” for repeatedly ruling out a second independence referendum.“If we aren’t careful we will wake up one day in a few years and will wonder whatever happened to our Scottish Parliament.”
She continued to say that the denial of a second referendum was “unsustainable” and that “Scotland will have a choice and that choice will be independence”. However, McLeish said he felt Scotland has “stalled on a number of major issues” including the “relentless focus on independence”. “The dial has not shifted, there are no more people in favour of independence than there were in the past and the momentum has gone out of the independence movement,” he said.
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