{"id":122398,"date":"2023-12-15T17:59:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=122398"},"modified":"2023-12-15T17:59:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:59:30","slug":"bbcs-fiona-bruce-shatters-snps-independence-dream-in-just-three-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/bbcs-fiona-bruce-shatters-snps-independence-dream-in-just-three-words\/","title":{"rendered":"BBCs Fiona Bruce shatters SNPs independence dream in just three words"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fiona Bruce shatters Humza Yousaf’s independence dream<\/h3>\n

The SNP\u2019s push for Scottish independence was destroyed during BBC Question Time as ministers were grilled over their strategy to achieve it.<\/p>\n

MSP Angela Constance, the devolved Scottish government\u2019s Secretary for Justice, insisted the current UK model was \u201ccrippling\u201d Scotland. However, she had to be repeatedly pushed by host Fiona Bruce to explain what their strategy was in response to an audience question which asked if independence was merely a \u201cpipe dream\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ms Bruce asked: \u201cWhat is the strategy now, other than campaigning for it and trying to persuade people of it, what is the strategy to actually achieve it?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Constance pointed to what she claimed was \u201chigh support\u201d for the SNP. But the BBC host quickly retorted that according to Humza Yousaf\u2019s plan, she would have to convince UK MPs – and so far, Ms Bruce said: \u201cIt hasn\u2019t worked!\u201d<\/p>\n

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The MSP then responded: \u201cThe question for the unionist parties is, will they respect democracy in this country, will they respect the right of the people of Scotland to determine their own future, or are they going to continue to be democracy deniers?\u201d<\/p>\n

Political strategist Stephen Noon – who advised Alex Salmond during the independence referendum campaign – even suggested that independence may not come for another two decades.<\/p>\n

He said he wanted the SNP to take their time and ensure that were Scotland to leave the UK it would be on good terms – and could take over 20 years.<\/p>\n

He said: “We have to take a slightly more slowly than the SNP has been arguing for publicly.” He added: “I believe passionately in the independence but I want us to become independent in the best possible way.”<\/p>\n

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Ms Constance insisted that \u201cindependence is the only choice that will secure the economic future of this country\u201d, and added it would be the \u201conly possible route back into the EU.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, this opened up another can of worms for those supporting Scottish independence. One member of the audience questioned whether independent Scotland joining the EU would even be a good thing for the country.<\/p>\n

The audience member said: \u201cHow independent would Scotland be if we\u2019ve got the Germans and the French telling us what to do when we get this independence?\u201d<\/p>\n

Host Fiona Bruce interjected to clarify if the man was discussing a future in which Scotland was back in the EU, to which he replied: \u201cIf we got independence and we rejoined the EU then what independence do we have?”<\/p>\n

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