Angus MacNeil

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Alex Neil is a former health Minister in the Scottish government

A SNP victory in the next Scottish Parliament elections, The Party has claimed a "mandate for Independence ", one of The Party 's senior MSPs.

Alex Neil said winning the election in the Year 2021 would possibly allow to start the SNP's Independence negotiations.

But , he stressed, this would only be the case if the British government refuse to continue the agreement to a referendum.

the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said a legal referendum is the only way for Scotland to gain Independence .

you want to keep in the next Year - But the British government has already said that he would be a referendum, refuse to grant a section 30 order, the legal basis for the 2014 Independence .

Some activists and elected representatives of the SNP and the wider Independence Movement to believe that Ms is false since to be careful, and invited them to a so-called Plan B .

they include SNP MP Angus Macneil and Inverclyde councillor Chris McEleny, who have argued that The Party to win a majority of Scottish seats in an election would be enough for Independence in the forthcoming negotiations with the British government.

Other activists have called for an unofficial referendum be held, similar to the dispute in Catalonia in the Year 2017.

A series of large pro-Independence marches have been held in Scotland during the summer

Mr McEleny is expected to try to have a debate on Plan B added to the SNP conference agenda, when the three-day event opens in Aberdeen on Sunday.

Talk to in the run-up to the conference, Mr Neil added his voice to the calls for a Plan B to be adopted by The Party .

The former health Minister, said the SNP should seek a "written guarantee" of the British Prime Minister that a referendum be held if it wins the next Holyrood election.

If the warranty is not given, Mr Neil said that The Party must effectively ensure that the elections and the referendum. He added: "Assuming we win the election, then we would negotiate with the British government, an Independence Treaty".

He said it would then be a referendum on the Treaty, regardless of whether or not the British government gave permission.

'Our task is not added for the Independence '

Mr Neil: "Scotland is a" no " for an answer, so that, if you are not ready, that the democratic guarantee, we can't just say that things are more and we continue for a further five years, to attempt to hold a referendum in the Year 2026.

"If we, the mandate in the Year 2021, then we are entitled to either a referendum, if you are willing to give us a section 30, or if you refuse to recognize the democratic wishes of the Scottish People in these cases, we are entitled to say that we have The Right to self-determination.

"it is Therefore our mandate for Independence , not only for a referendum on Independence ".

Ms sturgeon, the Scottish first minister has repeatedly said that a section 30 would have to be granted in order to ensure the of the British government, the legality of any future referendum.

she told Bbc Scotland earlier This Week to demonstrate that the SNP would be "the support of the majority for Independence in a process that is legal and legitimate," and warned critics of their strategy, that there were "no easy or shortcut way to Independence ".

she also pointed out that the SNP has won a majority of Scottish seats in a General election on a minority of votes - and argues that "no one in Europe would listen to me in terms of the legitimacy that" was, if you claim that there is a mandate for Independence .

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Source of news: bbc.com