Sentences with phrase «snp of a second referendum»

Much has been made by the SNP of a second referendum taking place when it is the «will of the Scottish people».

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But, aware that the prospect of a second referendum plays badly with even moderate «Yes» voters, the SNP will spend the next six weeks playing down the independence dimension while the Tories place it at the centre of their campaign, an attempt to turn the general election into a referendum on a referendum.

This is a red line or, as the SNP likes to put it, would be the «material change of circumstance» that Sturgeon and Salmond believe should result in that second independence referendum.

In the wake of the Brexit result the SNP called for a second independence referendum.

The referendum, besides boosting the major determinant of SNP voting, had a second important effect on the party by increasing the fervency of existing SNP supporters [1].

That the SNP would win a third consecutive victory was never in any doubt but it's a measure of how dominant the nationalists have become in the aftermath of the 2014 independence referendum that the party's inability to win a second overall majority - under a proportional representation system designed to prevent just such an outcome - may be considered something of a failure.

A great many of those who signed up to the SNP after the referendum did so on the basis that they expected the party to call a second vote on the UK's constitutional future sooner rather than later.

Not everyone who opposes a second independence referendum is prepared to «lend» their vote to Ruth Davidson just yet, and from that Kezia Dugdale has taken a degree of heart, as her party has from the result in Glasgow, where the SNP emerged as the largest party but not with overall control as it expected.

The SNP surge which so dramatically changed the face of Westminster politics in 2015 appears to be over, as voters appeared to respond negatively to Nicola Sturgeon pressing for a second Independence referendum.

Vince Cable, we are reliably told, will argue today that the SNP should back the notion of a second EU referendum, on the terms of the deal which will eventually emerge from negotiations.

The SNP lost its overall majority however, meaning the prospects of a second independence referendum have receded for the time being.

12:20 - Robertson says the SNP was elected with a mandate for a referendum in the second half of the parliament term.

In the aftermath of the independence referendum, SNP membership soared to around 130,000; many of the new recruits wanted a second vote on the constitution sooner rather than later.

Robertson's gradualist approach implies it could take the rest of the decade to implement any extra further powers and also suggests the SNP will attempt to postpone a second independence referendum.

Even then, however, the SNP seem likely to retain most of their Scottish seats which would be claimed as endorsement for a second independence referendum and opposition to a hard Brexit in the next parliament.