Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon to launch new drive for second referendum
Source: The Independent
Nicola Sturgeon is going to the town where Braveheart William Wallace won a historic battle against the English, to launch a new drive for a second independence referendum.
The Scottish First Minister, who knows she cannot demand another vote without being sure of a win, is triggering what she calls the "biggest ever political listening exercise" to convince Scottish voters a referendum is needed.
At the event in Stirling, Ms Sturgeon was to say "seismic changes" following the UKs decision to leave the EU will have a "deep impact" on Scotland that needs to now be addressed.
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Ms Sturgeons speech comes nearly two years on from the September 2014 referendum which saw Scots vote by 55% to 45% in favour or remaining in the UK.
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truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)it was whoever happened to be living in Scotland at the time.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)In the most significant mass mobilisation of the partys hugely expanded membership since September 2014, Sturgeon said each one of the SNPs 120,000 members would be sent a pack of survey cards, and would be asked to commit to completing the survey with at least five people each month for the next three months. Likewise, she asked the audience of parliamentarians to hold at least one town hall event each to engage directly with their constituents.
Sturgeon also suggested a potential red line in triggering a second independence referendum, saying: My message to the prime minister is this: you may have a mandate in England and Wales to leave the EU but you do not have a clear mandate to take any part of the UK out of the single market...
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/02/nicola-sturgeon-snp-listening-exercise-europe-brexit-scottish-independence