Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf, has warned that the Scottish National Party (SNP) could make life troublesome for Labour in a hung parliament if the party does not grant Scotland the facility to name a referendum. Yousaf emphasised that devolving this energy could be the value of SNP support for Labour’s agenda. However, Crazy acknowledged that it’s “obvious” that independence just isn’t the “consistent settled will of the Scottish people.” Labour has repeatedly said that they might not make a referendum cope with the SNP.
Yousaf, 37 years previous, acknowledged that having an independence referendum can be “top of the list” if Labour sought SNP cooperation. He added that if Labour did not want to cooperate with the SNP, they might “make life very difficult for them.” Yousaf’s feedback drew criticism from Scottish Labour’s deputy chief, Jackie Baillie, who known as the threat a “betrayal to the people of Scotland.”
Scottish Conservative chairman Craig Hoy accused Yousaf of being confident he could “hold a minority Labour authorities to ransom” and instructed that UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer would “cave to demands” for an independence vote. Yousaf turned the primary Muslim to guide a major UK celebration after being sworn in as First Minister in March.
In opinion polls, support for Scottish independence constantly hovers in the mid to excessive forties. Yousaf informed the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that his desire was for a “legally binding referendum.” He added: “We’re there or thereabouts in relation to help for independence. I don’t want to be there or thereabouts; I need to make positive that independence is a constant settled will.”