{"id":19905,"date":"2026-05-03T09:57:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/19905\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T09:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:57:37","slug":"snp-to-ask-for-another-independence-referendum-if-they-secure-scotland-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/19905\/","title":{"rendered":"SNP to ask for another independence referendum if they secure Scotland majority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"SNP to ask for another independence referendum if they secure Scotland majority\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sBWUAXQnYJY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSNP to ask for another independence referendum if they secure Scotland majority<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe SNP&#8217;s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn says if his party wins a majority of seats in this week&#8217;s Scottish parliament election, they will take it as a mandate to demand a fresh independence referendum.<\/p>\n<p>The pro-independence campaign lost a referendum in 2014 by 55% to 45%.<\/p>\n<p>But Flynn said: &#8220;If next Thursday we break the electoral system in Scotland once again, we secure that majority that&#8230; delivers us the opportunity of a fresh start with independence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say the UK is &#8220;broken beyond repair&#8221; and that Scotland needs to be able to take power for itself.<\/p>\n<p>Read the latest: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/politics-latest-tougher-action-needed-on-gaza-protesters-using-controversial-chants-pm-says-12593360<\/p>\n<p>#snp #westminster #independence #referendum #scotland #localelections #skynews <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&#038;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SNP to ask for another independence referendum if they secure Scotland majority The SNP&#8217;s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[265,5020,31,22790,5106,296,5098,2377,23408,23433],"class_list":{"0":"post-19905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sky-news","8":"tag-local-elections","9":"tag-mp","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-referendum","12":"tag-scottish-independence","13":"tag-sky-news","14":"tag-snp","15":"tag-stephen-flynn","16":"tag-sunday-morning-with-trevor-phillips","17":"tag-westminster-leader"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/116510156558455575","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}