JOHN Swinney has defended the decision to ditch Humza Yousaf’s plan to have the word independence on the ballot paper at the General Election.
The First Minister said: “The Scottish National Party is what I need people to vote for and that's what's going to be on the ballot paper.”alongside its name and logo on the ballot paper, to make it “clear beyond doubt” to voters that this is its primary purpose at the election.
Asked about the decision not to include the word independence in the description on the ballot paper, Swinney said: “Independence is central to the message and the campaign of the SNP. He said: “If the SNP wants to compete to win an election, they have to make sure that independence is the key issue of the election.“They might do very well as they have done in a number of elections, or they might just do quite well, but unless you make independence and the constitution the defining issue of the campaign, you will lose.”
That states that if the SNP win a majority of seats at the General Election then the Scottish Government will be "empowered to begin immediate negotiations with the UK Government to give democratic effect to Scotland becoming an independent country".Swinney told the BBC: “The SNP will go into that election on a manifesto which will say on page one, line one: ‘Vote SNP for Scotland to become an independent country.
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