SNP members have backed an independence strategy based on the party winning a majority of seats at the next General Election.
The motion jointly proposed by First Minister Humza Yousaf and SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn originally set out that if the party wins the"most seats" at a General Election, the Scottish Government would be “empowered to begin immediate negotiations with the UK Government to give democratic effect to Scotland becoming an independent country”.
Opening the debate, Yousaf said Scotland was told that staying in the UK would mean stability – but the reality was the UK was a country where Prime Minister’s terms of office were measured not in years or months, but in the “longevity of a lettuce”. “Because be in no doubt, this party will never shy away from or abandon our fight for Scotland’s independence.”
“When we fought the 1992 UK General Election our slogan was free by 93 and I didn’t hear a single voice within the party saying a majority of seats in that election would not be considered as a mandate.” However Andy Oliver, from Angus North branch, spoke in favour of this proposal saying the SNP did not “own independence” and that there were other parties and other people who will support independence but may not vote for the party.
“The fact that support for independence significantly outstrips support for this party is our biggest problem, but also our best salvation,” he said.
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