Swinney Says SNP Majority Would Trigger Demand for Second Scottish Independence Referendum

Overview

• In a Sky News interview aired Sunday, John Swinney said an SNP majority in May's Holyrood election would be treated as a green light to demand indyref2.
• He pointed to the SNP’s 2011 majority leading to the 2014 vote as the model for using an election result to justify a referendum push.
• Swinney appealed to pro-independence voters to deliver a large majority, arguing Scotland has a democratic right to decide its future.
• He suggested Keir Starmer would not remain prime minister if the SNP wins a majority in May.
• The SNP enters the campaign as the largest party with 60 of 129 MSPs, and any new referendum would still require Westminster consent.