SNP has no moral case for a referendum The Scottish results were bad for the Union. But the SNP appears to have been denied the overall majority it so desperately wanted 8 May 2021 • 10:00pm It was all too predictable: despite falling short of her dream of an SNP majority in the Scottish Parliament, Nicola Sturgeon is demanding another referendum. The rest of the Union is dominated by Boris Johnson, she said, and obsessed with Brexit – even though it’s the SNP that brings up both at every opportunity. It is unimportant, she stressed, what Mr Johnson wants or what Ms Sturgeon wants: it is the people of Scotland who insist upon holding a second referendum, so Ms Sturgeon has no choice but to legislate for one and Mr Johnson has no right to try to stop her.