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Should there be another independence referendum in Scotland?
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Scottish Nationalists Plan For Future Independence Referendum
Topic Started: Sep 16 2015, 03:07 AM (55 Views)
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Yahoo News: One Year After, Scottish Nationalists Envisage New Referendum

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London (AFP) - Scottish nationalists backed by James Bond star Sean Connery are planning to push for a new independence referendum amid rising support for separation, just 12 months after a historic vote that they lost.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said her Scottish National Party (SNP) would outline its proposals in a manifesto ahead of May 2016 regional elections and could foresee a vote "in five years or 10 years".

"Our manifesto will set out what we consider are the circumstances and the timescale on which a second referendum might be appropriate," Sturgeon told the Press Association news agency on Sunday.

On the first anniversary of the September 18 referendum, which the nationalists lost with 45 percent in favour of independence and 55 percent against, polls indicate a new vote could go differently.

In one by TNS published last week, 47 percent of respondents said they would vote "Yes" against 42 percent for "No" -- with the rest undecided. "It's only a matter of time," the 85-year-old Connery told The *** tabloid, Britain's top-selling daily.

"The people of Scotland -- the real guardians of Scotland -- spoke in the referendum. They spoke again by majority in the election," he was quoted as saying.

The SNP dominates the Scottish parliament and won 56 out of Scotland's 59 seats in the Westminster parliament in the British general election in May.

The SNP is set to unveil its referendum proposal at a party conference in Aberdeen next month and the momentum is building from other organisations too.

-Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/just-one-scotland-envisages-referendum-025120867.html?.tsrc=opera14
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