THE SNP ’s deputy leader at Westminster has said she has not "heard any particular detail" on the party’s independence strategy. Mhairi Black , who is standing down as an MP at this election, said she had not been privy to any discussions about the strategy that was voted through overwhelmingly at the party’s conference in October . The strategy decided upon involves the SNP winning a majority of seats then using the result as a basis to begin negotiations with the UK Government on independence.
But there has been confusion over whether the strategy remains in place for the upcoming General Election given that John Swinney gave no indication as to whether any preparations had begun for negotiations when asked by The National at the party’s campaign launch . When Black was asked on The National’s Holyrood Weekly podcast whether the SNP were committed to the strategy and whether any discussions about it had taken place in the Westminster group, she said: “So me personally no, I’ve not heard any particular detail on that.” READ MORE: Poll: Was ITV right to exclude SNP from election debate? Have your say When Swinney (below) was asked about progress on the independence strategy, he pointed to the Building a New Scotland independence papers as evidence of the Scottish Government’s work furthering the case.
But it emerged earlier this week that work has been paused because of the General Election . While Government work considered “essential” and parliamentary.
