SNP abandons plan to use general election as independence referendum
- The SNP has changed its independence strategy multiple times over the past year.
- Most recently, Humza Yousaf proposed using the next UK general election as a de facto referendum, but this was later rejected.
- The party now plans to seek independence negotiations if they win a majority of Scottish seats.
- Some SNP members want every election treated as a referendum until independence is achieved.
- The SNP faces challenges like police probes, defections, and grim electoral predictions ahead of their diminished conference.
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