| Will an independent Scotland be run by the SNP? |
| Wednesday, 18 March 2009 14:32 |
| Only if the people vote for an SNP Government after Independence. The SNP proposes that there be new elections to the Scottish Parliament shortly after Independence has been declared. The SNP’s constitution for Independence requiresfixed-term parliamentary elections every four years. Under Independence, Scotland will get the Government it votes for every time. By contrast, the Westminster Government has only borne any resemblance to how Scotland actually voted during five of the last 23 years. With Independence, we would never again be run by a Prime Minister like Margaret Thatcher, whose party had almost no Scottish support because, with Independence, Scotland’s votes will no longer just be one in every ten of the votes that decide a UK Government. Every vote will be for Scotland’s choice. Unlike the other parties, the SNP are not just out for power for its own sake. Our aim as a party is to give the people, not just the politicians, a direct say onScotland’s Independence. The pace of Scotland’s progress towards that Independence will be set at every stage by the people themselves. |
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