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going to hear a lot of discussion about whether or not there is a mandate for another referendum? the? mandate for another referendum? they will beat two mandate for another referendum? tie: will beat two areas nicola mandate for another referendum? ti21: will beat two areas nicola sturgeon will beat two areas nicola sturgeon will focus on, one will be the mandate. she will argue strongly she has that mandate because a majority of pro independent msps were voted on at the last scottish election. that is snp msps and green msps on both of those parties had mentioned referendums in their manifestos. the other side of this independence debate in the form of alisterjack, the secretary of state for scotland would argue that mandate doesn t exist because of fewer than a third of the overall electorate voted for the snp at the last election. the flip side to that, of course, 48% of those who did vote, voted in favour of the snp, so there are many ways
referendum, if it survived the legal challenge and if it produced a vote for independence, that that would create by itself, it would create the political pressure to get the uk government to come to the table and agree to enable scotland to become independent. agree to enable scotland to become independent- independent. professor, thank you ve much independent. professor, thank you very much for independent. professor, thank you very much for your independent. professor, thank you very much for your thoughts - independent. professor, thank you very much for your thoughts on - independent. professor, thank you | very much for your thoughts on that today. let me read out a couple of your comments on the question about whether it is the right time for another vote on scotland s future. luke says, it is the wrong time to talk about another independence referendum, it is clear that the first minister refuses to accept the result of the first in 2014. ashley mckenzie says, wrong time fo
revolves around whether or not a referendum on independence would relate to the reserved matter of the union. it is quite clear the scottish parliament cannot legislate to dissolve the union, only the uk parliament can grant scotland independence, but the question is whether a referendum would relate to the union in a sufficient way below sense. the court said relates to means more than just a consequential election. a referendum organised the scottish parliament would inevitably be a consultative or an advisory referendum. the 2014 referendum was a advisory referendum, as was the brexit referendum. brexit referendum. when you say consultative brexit referendum. when you say consultative or brexit referendum. when you say consultative or advisory, - brexit referendum. when you say consultative or advisory, it - brexit referendum. when you say| consultative or advisory, it doesn t necessarily mean there would be a
direct consequence? direct consequence? right, it doesnt direct consequence? right, it doesn t specify direct consequence? right, it doesn t specify consequence, j direct consequence? right, it l doesn t specify consequence, it direct consequence? right, it - doesn t specify consequence, itjust arranges for a vote to be held and then the consequences that follow from that are left to the political process. so the key difference in 2014 was that in the edinburgh agreement, the uk government and the scottish government both agreed they would respect the result of the referendum, whatever that turned out to be. he had a political commitment that if there had been a vote for independence in the referendum, the uk government would have cooperated in delivering independence. but that was only a political commitment, not legally binding. we saw in 2016 after the brexit referendum, that there can be significant pushback against an advisory referendum. fist against an advisory referendum. a