Scottish Greens back general election route to second independence referendum
, Mr Harvie said he was "really looking forward" to moving into the independence campaign now that the path to a poll has been outlined.Mr Harvie, whose party is in a power sharing agreement with the SNP at Holyrood, told the programme: "Repeated pro-independence majorities, elected by voters in Scotland to both parliaments: if that's not a mandate, frankly I don't know what is.
The legal route would involve judges being asked whether Holyrood could stage a referendum without Westminster's consent. But he added: "I would expect that we will stand but we will be debating that over our party conference and in our discussions over the coming months." Scottish Labour constitution spokeswoman Sarah Boyack said: "Faced with a climate crisis, the Scottish Green Party is deciding to put flags before the future of our planet."The focus of all of Scotland's politicians must be on re-building our NHS, our economy, our public services and tackling our climate crisis."
"The fact that in a climate emergency the Scottish Greens are prepared to fight the next election solely on the constitution, is breathtaking."Polling expert Mark Diffley said support for Scotland remaining in the UK was "absolutely in deadlock" with support for independence.Mr Diffley told The Sunday Show: "Everything will come down to the campaign - how good those campaigns are, how they speak to people, their positivity or negativity, so on and so forth.
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