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MowCowWhoHow III

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Fri Sep 2, 2016, 08:05 AM Sep 2016

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 UK’s decision to leave the EU will have a "deep impact" on Scotland that needs to now be addressed.

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Ms Sturgeon’s 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.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/scottish-independence-nicola-sturgeon-to-launch-new-drive-for-second-referendum-a7221326.html

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Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon to launch new drive for second referendum (Original Post) MowCowWhoHow III Sep 2016 OP
FWIW it wasn't just "the Scots" who voted 2 years ago; truebluegreen Sep 2016 #1
It's a listening exercise... with SNP members canvassing general opinion. Ghost Dog Sep 2016 #2
 

truebluegreen

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1. FWIW it wasn't just "the Scots" who voted 2 years ago;
Fri Sep 2, 2016, 09:43 AM
Sep 2016

it was whoever happened to be living in Scotland at the time.

 

Ghost Dog

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2. It's a listening exercise... with SNP members canvassing general opinion.
Fri Sep 2, 2016, 10:29 AM
Sep 2016
... “We want to understand in detail how people feel now about Europe, Brexit and independence. We want to know the concerns that people have and the questions they want answered. We want to build, if we can, a consensus on the way ahead.”

In the most significant mass mobilisation of the party’s hugely expanded membership since September 2014, Sturgeon said each one of the SNP’s 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
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