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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Abbi Garton-Crosbie

SNP members' fury as party 'blocks independence strategy debate at conference'

John Swinney speaking at the SNP conference in 2025 (Image: PA)

THE SNP leadership has been accused of “shutting down debate” after multiple draft resolutions on the party's independence strategy did not make it on to the provisional conference agenda.

The National understands that numerous branches put forward proposals ranging from contesting the next General Election as a de facto referendum, setting up a constitutional convention, and putting in place plans for when Westminster inevitably refuses to grant a Section 30 order to hold a referendum.

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