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Scotland and the second referendum Submitted by martin on 8 June, 2021 - 3:47
Author: Dale Street
The SNP victory – or SNP-Green victory – in the Holyrood election of 6 May 2021 was a mandate for a second referendum on Scottish independence.
The fact that the SNP did not get an absolute majority of seats or an absolute majority of the popular vote is irrelevant.
The Holyrood voting system is designed to stop one party gaining an absolute majority of seats (and the SNP fell only seat short of that). And no one ever argued that the 1945 Labour government had no mandate because it failed to win 50% of the popular vote.
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Educational material used by Angus Council schools about famous Scots appears to show a slide about the SNP leader with a party logo and information about Scottish independence. However, in the same lesson, former Labour First Minister Donald Dewar was also featured.