SNP to 'open negotiations on Scotland leaving UK' if it wins most seats at general election

The strategy is set out in a motion signed off by Humza Yousaf and Westminster leader Stephen Flynn ahead of the party's conference

However, whereas the former First Minister proposed trying to win 50.1 per cent or more of the vote in order to trigger independence negotiations, the new strategy sets the bar lower by stating that only a majority of Scotland’s 59 Westminster seats would be needed.

A survey published last month by Survation estimated that the SNP could only win 24 seats at next year’s vote, the same number as Labour and short of the 30 it would need to claim the right to open independence negotiations. It adds that ministers at Holyrood would also publish a document setting out the terms of any independence negotiations and a “draft legal text on the transfer of powers” from Westminster.

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