Nicola Sturgeon’s plan to hold Indyref2 election branded ‘desperate’
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A former Scottish Conservative advisor had branded Nicola Sturgeon “desperate” over the Scottish First Minister’s threat to run a general election campaign solely on the issue of Scottish independence. The SNP is currently battling in the Supreme Court to win the right to hold IndyRed2 next year, while Adam Morris said the pressure is mounting on Ms Sturgeon to deliver on a vote.
Mr Morris told BBC Scotland’s The Nine: “Nobody can prevent the SNP deciding they will run the general election campaign on a single issue.
“But the SNP don’t make the rules on how general elections are run, it would just take all the other parties to say well we are not doing that.
“I mean there would be no legal basis for that at all, I don’t think that is what Nicola Sturgeon want to do.”
He added: “Nicola Sturgeon is obviously very clear about how she wants it to be legal and she wants it done the right way, she doesn’t want to win independence messily.
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“Just saying that a win in a general election which the polls suggest probably wouldn’t happen actually and what happens at that point? You know it kills it off altogether.
“I don’t think she want to do that, I think that is a desperate thing she reached for because she was under so much pressure from her own side.”
Judges at the UK Supreme Court are currently hearing arguments in a case which could allow the Scottish Parliament to legislate for a second referendum on independence.
On Tuesday morning, the panel of five justices started taking evidence from the Scottish Government.
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The case concerns proposed legislation at the Scottish Parliament called the Scottish Independence Referendum Bill.
Judges have been asked to decide whether the Bill relates to “reserved matters” – meaning it is outwith Holyrood’s competence.
Nicola Sturgeon asked the Lord Advocate, Scotland’s chief law officer, to refer the Bill to the Supreme Court when she published the legislation in June.
This was in order to head off any legal challenge from her opponents, with the First Minister saying she wanted an “indisputably lawful” referendum to take place.
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The UK Government, represented in the court by the Advocate General, is opposed to a second referendum.
The Advocate General has argued in written submissions that a referendum plainly relates to reserved matters and is outside Holyrood’s legislative competence.
He has also asked the court to rule on whether it has jurisdiction to hear the case, saying the Bill has not yet been introduced to the Scottish Parliament.
At the weekend, the First Minister spoke to journalists about the upcoming case while attending the SNP conference in Aberdeen.
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