The Scottish National Party is promising to hold a second independence referendum after election results announced Saturday saw pro-independence candidates gain a majority in the Scottish parliament.
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Scotland vote sets up new drive for independence
AFP, LONDON
The Scottish National Party (SNP) yesterday said its landslide victory in Edinburgh’s devolved parliament was grounds for a fresh independence referendum, despite opposition from London.
While the SNP campaigned on promises to hold a new vote, the British government which would need to give formal legal permission is opposed, raising fears of a protracted political and legal battle.
The nationalists say their slightly increased share of seats, one short of an overall majority of 65, gives them a mandate for “indyref2,” so called after the “No” vote in Scotland’s first independence vote in 2014.
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The Alba Party, founded by former first minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond, looks unlikely to win any seats.
Scotland s parliamentary poll was part of a series of key votes across the UK in what was dubbed Super Thursday with voters in England and Wales casting ballots in local elections.
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