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Does the Scottish election result advance or hinder the independence cause?
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Following the Scottish election where the SNP won 58 seats but failed to secure an outright majority, the article examines whether this result helps or hinders the Scottish independence movement, given SNP claims that a majority would constitute a mandate for holding an independence referendum.
Does the Scottish election result advance or hinder the independence cause?
“A vote for the SNP is a vote for a referendum on independence. Based on the 2011 precedent, an SNP majority at this election is a mandate for the transfer of powers to the Scottish parliament to enable an independence referendum to be held.”
So said the SNP manifesto. Yet as the party failed to win a majority in May’s Scottish election, where does this leave the independence movement?
The SNP won a convincing victory, reflected both in its 58 seats and by being streets ahead of its rivals. But
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