Alex Salmond: Nicola Sturgeon must open immediate independence talks with Whitehall after election Simon Johnson © PA Alex Salmond has set out his route map for independence - PA
Alex Salmond has said Nicola Sturgeon must open immediate independence negotiations with the UK next month if the Holyrood election results in a nationalist super-majority - and another referendum may not be required.
The former First Minister said nationalist MSPs, including those from from the SNP and his Alba Party, would combine to issue a clear and unmistakable instruction to Ms Sturgeon s government to open immediate talks with Whitehall on separation.
Despite the ongoing Covid pandemic, he said a standing independence convention would be established drawn from all Scotland s elected politicians to give support and substance to the Scottish Government’s independence negotiating position.
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