THE SNP’s latest proposal for achieving Scottish independence will never be taken seriously by the international community, one of the party’s…
SNP members arenext month which would theoretically see talks on leaving the UK start if they win the most seats at the next General Election.
“My view is that we have to have credibility behind our plan and it just wouldn’t be credible to go to the international community and assert our claim to be an independent nation if we didn’t have the majority of votes behind us.“I think that’s just clear, regardless of what we might feel about playing the Westminster game or system, I’m not interested in that.
He said: “For a variety of reasons it needs to be votes, I'm at a loss to understand why the drafters of the resolution cannot grasp that. “The SNP must have a frank and thorough grassroots-led debate about how we achieve an internationally recognised route to independence. But we can't have this debate in isolation - people are struggling with a Westminster-made cost of living crisis - we must articulate why independence offers us a tangible alternative to'We have to play by the rulebook'
Asked how things would work if the UK Government refused to negotiate, they said: “If we speak to the UK Government and say’ we’re breaking away, we need to speak about how this is going to work’, and they say no, then that’s just another clarification they don’t care and I think that would have an effect on people in Scotland.”Anne Foster said she thought the assertion of independence should be based on votes and not seats.
Robert Fraser added: “Gaining half the seats was accepted for decades as a trigger for independence negotiations. And the policy doesn't bar a de facto referendum in any way: let's go for an indy majority as well.”We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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