John Swinney vows SNP will hold pushing for Scottish independence at weird commemoration of 2014 referendum defeat – as polls present NO rise in assist for splitting UK

John Swinney vowed that the SNP would hold pushing for Scottish independence immediately because the occasion held a weird commemoration of its defeat within the 2014 referendum.

Scotland’s First Minister insisted that independence was ‘nearer than ever’ after addressing a gathering in Edinburgh, 10 years after Scots voted 55 per cent to 45 per cent to remain within the UK.

Together with his nationalist authorities struggling within the polls he lashed out on the Tories and the brand new Labour authorities, accusing them of each being the reason for Scotland’s issues – regardless of the SNP being in energy at Holyrood since 2011.

He advised the occasion: ‘The issue for Scotland shouldn’t be a simply an extremely damaging Westminster Tory Authorities. We now have an extremely damaging Westminster Labour Authorities.

‘And there’s a sample right here. The issue for Scotland is authorities from Westminster.  The SNP’s job is to get on with setting out the higher different.’

Nevertheless, his speech got here as a brand new ballot prompt that assist for independence is now decrease than it was 10 years in the past.

The YouGov survey discovered 56 per cent of Scots would now vote No, with solely 44 per cent saying they might vote Sure.

It means the margin in favour of the Union has grown since 2014, when there was a 55-45 break up. The ballot comes as opposition politicians stated a ‘decade of division’ should now come to an finish with a purpose to let Scotland heal.

Professional-Union events additionally stated the subsequent Holyrood election provides voters the possibility to do away with the SNP from energy and ‘shut the guide on this divisive interval in our politics’.

YouGov’s newest ballot of 1,063 individuals, carried out between August 29 and September 3 and revealed yesterday, discovered that Opposition to independence has elevated by two share factors since its final survey in June. 

The survey additionally discovered that 51 per cent of voters stated there shouldn’t be one other referendum within the subsequent 5 years, in contrast with 37 per cent who stated there ought to be one other vote in that timescale.

Solely 10 per cent of respondents thought Scotland was prone to develop into unbiased within the subsequent 5 years, in contrast with 80 per cent who stated this was unlikely.

Scotland’s prime pollster, Professor Sir John Curtice, yesterday stated the independence vote led to a longer-term bounce in assist for Sure.

However he added: ‘Some individuals say the argument about independence is useless. I believe a extra correct characterisation is to say it is caught in impartial and the problem to these on the Nationalist facet is to start to get it into gear as soon as extra.’