The SNP could force another referendum very soon So the moral case for reopening the independence question grows ever stronger, and the SNP is making the most of the Westminster parties’ failures. Come next May, there could be a solid phalanx of SNP MPs returned to Westminster, displacing many Labour and Liberal Democrat members. That will add to the weight of its case; it will also prove a fine practical advantage in the near certainty of a hung parliament. It will, in short, be able to hold any Westminster government to ransom until a second referendum is granted. This time the referendum would have to have devo max as a clear option, but if by then it has not been delivered, it would be difficult to predict which way a scorned Scottish electorate might jump. It would not take very much resentment to convert the 45 per cent support a few months ago into a clear majority for independence in, say, a year’s time. In which case David Cameron and Ed Miliband will carry a heavy guilt for the debacle; they would not, and should not, survive such a turn of events. independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/scotland-at-the-ready-the-snp-could-force-another-referendum-very-soon-9862673.html
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 21:38:41 +0000
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