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“How Simple”
Scotland: Government wants to make independence dependent on election results
Hamza Yusuf, First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
© Source: Jane Barlow/PA Wire/dpa
Aberdeen. Scottish First Minister Hamza Yousaf wants to use his Scottish National Party’s (SNP) next election result as a benchmark for independence efforts. If the SNP wins more seats in Scotland in the upcoming British general election in 2024, he will see it as a mandate for secession talks with the British central government, Youssef said. He requested that this goal be incorporated in the party programme. The 38-year-old rejected the idea that a majority vote was necessary for this at the SNP’s annual conference in Aberdeen on Sunday.
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“Let’s not fall into the trap of setting up a barrier for ourselves that no party has set up,” Yusuf said. In an election, a majority of seats is considered a victory, “it’s that simple.” “Westminster is denying Scotland a democratic referendum,” the First Minister said, referring to the British government district of Westminster in London. If a new referendum does not take place, the result of the Scottish Parliament election should be an indication.
Narrow majority to join Great Britain
In 2014, people in the north of England voted by a narrow majority to unite with Great Britain. So the central government in London refuses to hold a new referendum. The Scottish government, on the other hand, argues that the initial situation has fundamentally changed with a clear majority of Scotland rejecting Brexit in 2016. He wants to lead an independent Scotland back into the EU. In opinion polls, supporters and opponents of secession are roughly balanced.
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