Debate on approach to independence ends at SNP conference, Yousaf insists

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. Despite support for independence hovering around 50% in the past few months, backing for the SNP has dropped, due in part to the party’s long-term discussions about how to achieve independence as opposed to the reasons for it, the First Minister said.

“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.

“People can accuse me of a lot of things, but I can’t be accused of not letting the party have its say on the strategy.”

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