Michael Gove has predicted the SNP will drop its demand for a second referendum on independence and instead push for 'more resources from Westminster'.
Michael Gove has predicted the SNP will drop its demand for a second referendum on independence and instead push for "more resources from Westminster".The Levelling Up Secretary told the Scottish Conservatives' spring conference in Glasgow that Humza Yousaf's party will focus on its claim to be “Scotland’s party”.
Asked whether he thought the SNP would change its approach on constitutional matters, given First Minister Humza Yousaf’s move away from using the next General Election as a de facto referendum, Gove said: “They have a base which of course they need to keep riled up and believing that independence is just over the horizon.
“And in the Scottish Parliament we quite rightly point out it’s a waste of time and money to have a minister for independence when we need to be concentrating on school, hospitals and the economy.” “The other thing which is even more important is continuing to make the case for the union and the benefits it brings. At some point there will be new SNP leadership and they will get their act together, during this period it’s incumbent on us to have benefits which prove why it’s best to be part of the union.
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