Updated: 22 Feb 2021, 22:14
THE SNP has “no credible roadmap” to independence and needs a spell in opposition to “sort itself out”, a leading political academic has warned.
Professor James Mitchell an authority on the Nats said the party’s civil war went “well beyond healthy debate”.
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He says Nicola Sturgeon will struggle to control Indy campaign Credit: AFP or licensors
And he claimed while Nicola Sturgeon will keep a firm grip on the SNP until May’s Holyrood poll “she will struggle to control the campaign for independence in any future referendum”.
Prof Mitchell, of Edinburgh Uni, said: “What we are witnessing is the kind of internal bloodletting normally associated with the aftermath of a major defeat. Much is a function of frustration and an inability to manage internal debate.
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