Scots rage at South ‘not even hiding contempt’ as they slam ruling
IndyRef2: Scottish MP on the need for independence
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Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to use the next general election to try to win Scottish independence after judges at the UK’s highest court announced their unanimous ruling on Wednesday, making clear the Scottish Parliament “does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on Scottish independence”. Following the judgment, the Scottish First Minister vowed to continue pushing for independence, saying: “As long as there is breath in my body, I refuse to give up on the basic principle of democracy.” While residents are in an uproar over the ruling.
Speaking to Scotland’s Voice, one resident said: “We’ve never been in an equal partnership. I was nine in 1979 and I felt the force of Thatcher and the Tories since then.”
Another added: “They just keep doing stuff they think is right, and they’re not caring about anyone else below them.
“I think they’re just doing what’s good for themselves.”
One person noted: “It’s hardly equal if we’re being told that we can’t have our own democratic vote.
“There’s nothing else you can say about this as far as I’m concerned.”
One man said: “In the 2019 election, the electroail map for Scotland was entirely yellow.
“The South gets a better treatment than the North.
“I don’t think it’s a union of equals, more like a union for the English people.”
A woman added: “They’re just not even hiding their comtempt or lack of respect. There’s no democracy there at all.”
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Half of Scots would vote SNP at the next general election if a victory for the party could lead to Scottish independence, according to a new poll.
The snap poll of 1,006 Scottish voters was carried out by Find Out Now for Channel 4 News on Wednesday.
Of those asked, 412 of whom voted SNP in the last general election, 50 percent said they would vote SNP at the next general election if a victory for them could lead to Scotland leaving the UK.
A third (33 percent) said they would not, while the remainder said they do not know or prefer not to say.
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Meanwhile, just over half (51 percent) said they would vote SNP at the next general election if their vote would be used as a mandate to negotiate independence with the UK Government, while a third said they would not.
Asked what was most important to them, just over a quarter (26% percent said Scottish independence, while 61 percent said the Scottish economy and public services, while 13 percent said they do not know or prefer not to say.
Judges at the UK’s highest court announced their unanimous ruling on Wednesday, making clear the Scottish Parliament “does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on Scottish independence”.
Following the judgment, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon vowed to continuing pushing for independence, saying: “As long as there is breath in my body, I refuse to give up on the basic principle of democracy.”
She said a special SNP conference will be held in the new year “to discuss and agree the detail of a proposed de facto referendum”, using the next UK election.
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