With support for the SNP falling since the former first minister’s swift political demise, another independence referendum looks further away than ever
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s longest serving first minister, resigned earlier this year in a move that confounded many political observers at the time. On Sunday, she was arrested by police investigating allegations of financial misconduct.
In 2007, Salmond was elected to Holyrood following that year’s Scottish parliamentary elections, which were an electoral breakthrough for the SNP. He became the first minister with Sturgeon serving as deputy. David Cameron, then the prime minister of the UK, agreed a deal with the Salmond administration in 2012 to hold an independence referendum. The vote was held in 2014 when 55% of Scots voted to stay in the union. Salmond resigned as a result.
Colin Beattie, an MSP and the SNP’s treasurer, was arrested less than two weeks later as part of the investigation. He resigned as party treasurer the following day. Sturgeon is the third senior SNP figure to be arrested as part of the operation.Polling on the question of Scottish independence has remained largely unchanged since Sturgeon’s resignation. There has not been a major dip since Sturgeon’s successor as SNP leader and first minister, Humza Yousaf, took over.
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