IndyRef2: Radio caller fumes at ‘disastrous’ SNP
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An LBC caller said she backs a second independence referendum to remove the SNP from power, in a blow to its leader Nicola Sturgeon. The Scottish First Minister and her party members have been fierce advocates of Scottish independence despite opposition from three consecutive Prime Ministers. Ms Sturgeon is now trying force through referendum through a judicial battle in the UK Supreme Court, which she hopes will grant Holyrood the powers to hold a legal vote.
The unnamed LBC caller told radio host James O’Brien: “To put it this way, I’m not a big fan of the SNP either.
“But the reason many people in Scotland want independence is so that we can have proper parties and get rid of the SNP.
“Because they’re disastrous in so many ways.
“We want to sort our country out.”
The LBC caller’s comments had James O’Brien stunned as he could not help but chuckle.
He said: “There it is.
“This is nuance that maybe will surprise many Westminster watchers who don’t pay enough attention to events outside the Westminster bubble.
“A real deep problem with the SNP. But you’re not going to be joining any bandwagon attempt to attack the leader of that party for comments that are, I think, the very least fair and at the very mise bang on.”
The UK’s highest court listened to arguments from both Liz Truss’ Government and the Scottish Government’s top law officer on Tuesday and Wednesday in a two-day hearing.
Defending the case for a second referendum, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain argued it was in the “public interest” to settle the “festering issue”. She said the vote proposed by the First Minister would no “non-self-executing”, as a pro-independence vote would not break up the union by itself.
“A non-self-executing referendum invariably has political consequences, but in law, it has no effect. They are entirely advisory,” she said, comparing it to the first Scottish referendum and to Brexit, which were both advisory.
But the UK Government still wants the court to refuse to rule on the case, arguing that the question is beyond the court’s jurisdiction.
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The Lord Advocate, however, argued that only the Supreme Court can provide “certainty” on the issue.
Five judges led by Lord Reed of Allermuir, the court’s Scottish president, will make a ruling on whether Ms Sturgeon’s draft Referendum Bill is within her powers.
In his opening remarks, Lord Reed warned that a ruling would likely take “some months” and noted they had “more than 8,000 pages of written material to consider”.
“Despite the political context” of the case, he said the issues the court had to consider were “limited to technical questions of law”.
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