Alex Neil has also demanded clarity over the First Minister’s plan to use the next General Election as a de facto referendum
A former SNP minister has branded the Scottish Government’s independence proposals “crap” as he called for a new approach for obtaining a referendum.
The SNP /Green government has produced three papers this year in its Building a New Scotland campaign. The aim is to answer some of the questions people had during the last referendum in 2014 around currency, borders and the economy. He said: “If you read the three papers so far, they’ve been crap in terms of persuading people to vote for independence. They don’t come near the quality that is needed, the research and the arguments needed to persuade people and I think an independence prospectus is needed so that all the questions, all the issues are in one document.
Following the Supreme Court ruling Sturgeon said she would fight the next national election - likely a general election in 2024 - as a de facto referendum. Neil wants a clear independence strategy going forward and urged those at the SNP’s special conference in the new year to map out how they achieve it.
“We need to build consistent support for independence up to at least 55 per cent or north of that. If we get to that position then Westminster will have no choice but to concede a referendum.”
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