The party will meet in Aberdeen this weekend, with its independence policy first on the agenda.
Scotland’s First Minister has urged his party to stop talking about the process of securing independence following its conference this weekend.
Mr Yousaf has said he will be open to amendments to the motion and allow members to decide the best way forward.Speaking to the PA news agency, he said: “Let me be very frank about this, at conference once we’ve had that debate – and I’m sure in the best traditions of the SNP, it’ll be frank, it’ll be robust – that’s it. We’re done.
The First Minister held an independence convention during the summer to invite views from members on the way forward “We have to draw a line under it on Sunday, the party’s had the debate, it’s had its regional assemblies, it’s made a decision – let’s all get united behind it and let’s get on with talking about the policy, not the process.”In recent months, senior party figures have hit out at the deal between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Greens, including Fergus Ewing, who was suspended from the party’s Holyrood group for a week following a series of rebellions.
The First Minister pointed to the independence convention in Dundee during the summer as an example of allowing members to shape policy.
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