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Stephen Noon says age of referendum is over

Stephen Noon says age of referendum is over
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Independence summit the parties kept quiet about

The discussion was organised by the Ditchley Foundation, the forum for international study founded by tobacco magnate Sir David Wills in the late…

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BBCNEWS Newsnight June 4, 2024 22:00:00

now it s actually happened, it seems like there hasn t been that kind of negative impact on independence, that independence support is still pretty much sitting at where it was before nicola sturgeon resigned, before the police investigation. so i think it opens up a lot of questions about how does the movement work together better in what is quite a divided movement right now with people in alba, greens, snp and of course there are labour members who support independence as well, who we don t hear much about. do you think there s quite a conscious loosening of the bonds between the snp and the independence movement? definitely. i think under nicola sturgeon there was a very clear picture of what the snp stood for. but in the last few months maybe not quite an identity crisis, but i think humza yousaf is still trying to find his feet a little bit. i personally feel that the scottish government and the snp are more interested in looking at this as a long term project, whereas nicola s

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BBCNEWS Newsnight June 4, 2024 22:01:00

and a member of the snp. how would you characterise the state of support for independence at the moment? well it is at historic levels. i think support for independence is slightly more complex than the yes/no number might suggest. i think we will move to a position where we are more independent, but we will have a looser relationship with the rest of the uk and an enhanced relationship with the rest of europe. and i think it will make take 20 or 30 years to find that right balance. i think we live in an interdependent world and so the reality of independence in an interdependent world is we will have a partnership with the rest of the uk, we will ha ongoing relationship with the uk, uk, we will have ongoing relationship with the uk, ongoing relationship with europe and more independence. so i think it will take a period, of 20, 30 years to find that balance. stephen noon sees independence as a generational transition. but how does that sit with the snp leadership? the funny thing abou

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The lessons of 2014 must continue to inform the Yes movement

The lessons of 2014 must continue to inform the Yes movement
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