Berwick Councillor Raises Concerns at SNP's Renewed Move for Scottish Independence
MSPs backed a 72-55 motion for more referendum powers as the UK Government said there was no consensus for another vote.
- Scottish Parliament voted 72 to 55 on Tuesday to demand independence referendum powers from Westminster, with First Minister John Swinney declaring the vote 'the start of a process' to secure approval. The UK Government rejected the call within 30 minutes.
- Swinney made independence central to his reelection campaign after the SNP fell short of a majority on May 7, yet Scottish voters returned Holyrood's largest pro-independence majority ever despite the party's reduced vote share.
- Invoking Canon Kenyon Wright's words, Swinney declared 'We are the people, we are the people's parliament, and we say yes,' seeking confirmation that Scotland is in a voluntary Union with the right to decide its future.
- A Downing Street spokesperson said the UK Government does not support another referendum, citing no consensus unlike 2014, while Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay attacked the debate's timing amid Peter Murrell's embezzlement conviction.
- Scottish Greens MSP Kate Nevens vowed to build the independence movement in coming months and years, though the SNP's 2014 referendum was termed 'once in a generation,' potentially delaying another vote by at least 15 years.
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The majority of the Scottish Parliament has given its support to the Scottish National Party (SNP) initiative to call another independence referendum in London. The proposal was voted for by both the SNP and the Greens, while the pro-British forces – the Labour Party, the Conservative Party, Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats – were unanimously opposed.
Scottish parliamentarians voted on Tuesday for a motion calling on London to give its approval for a second referendum on Scottish independence. Downing Street immediately rejected the idea.
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Holyrood votes for second independence referendum
As if Scotland hasn’t suffered enough at the hands of the SNP, the luxury campervan party and its Green accomplices have now formally voted to back a second independence referendum. In Holyrood this evening, MSPs voted 72-55 to approve plans for another ballot, almost 12 years after the last one failed. Of course, no such referendum could take place without Westminster’s say-so, and Sir Keir Starmer is in no mood to indulge John Swinney’s fantas…
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