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Originally Posted by Hugh
Replying to a post in the Brexit Development ( post #2009) discussions, but posting it here to keep that thread "on topic".
So if Wee Jimmie Crankie gets 46% of the Scottish vote and a majority of the seats in the May 2021 Scottish Parliament election, will she have a " clear democratic mandate" for independence, considering that will be the main thing in their manifesto?
Asking for (non-Scottish) friend  |
If the SNP run with an Independence vote in their manifesto, and they convincingly win, they have a mandate for a vote. However democracy is a moveable feast Hugh; you can be sure different 'Boris' rules apply. Just a matter of time, and Brexit has shifted the odds in favour of the nationalists.
Interestingly a Yorkshire Nationalist stood in my constituency (and got a respectable vote). I was very tempted