There is now a Quadruple Lock preventing a second Scottish independence referendum mandate.
#NoMandate #QuadrupleLock #SE21 #indyref2 #Mandate
#NoMandate #QuadrupleLock #SE21 #indyref2 #Mandate
@NicolaSturgeon 's established acceptance of the #S30 requirement proves she knows Holyrood has zero constitutional remit; and she has firmly promised voters no Catalan style illegal wildcat vote. #NoMandate
Taken as a plebiscite the Holyrood vote supports the settled will, long indicated by polls, that most Scots don't want a referendum. Not only did more vote against it, even more weren't motivated to vote at all.
There simply is not popular support.
#NoMandate
There simply is not popular support.
#NoMandate
When asked how Scots who wanted her as First Minister but who *didn't* want a referendum should vote Nicola was clear - #BothVotesSNP
So @theSNP votes are not a referendum mandate. #NoMandate
So @theSNP votes are not a referendum mandate. #NoMandate
Similarly the Scottish Greens openly claimed independence was not their priority and sought environmentally motivated unionist votes during the campaign.
Green votes cannot be read as universally pro-referendum. #NoMandate
Green votes cannot be read as universally pro-referendum. #NoMandate
These four cast-iron reasons show @NicolaSturgeon and @theSNP do NOT have a mandate for a second independence referendum.
Please share this thread anywhere you see a mandate falsely being claimed
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Please share this thread anywhere you see a mandate falsely being claimed
#NoMandate