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The Quebec example in the 1980s and 1990s show that if you call and lose an independence referendum twice - you don't get a third chance (Photo: Scottish Government)

An SNP win won't mean a 2023 independence referendum

The only question at the 6 May Scottish Parliament elections is not whether the Scottish National Party will win - but by how much?

The SNP stated in its "roadmap to an independence referendum" in January that it plans to organise a second legal referendum after the pandemic, should there be a new pro-independence majority in Holyrood.

The Scottish first minister and and SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, has stated she would prefer for this so-called '#indyref2' to take place by the mi...

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Mare Ushkovska a Global Fellow of the Council for European Studies, a former diplomat with the Macedonian embassy in the UK, and the author of a PhD on Scotland and Catalonia.

The Quebec example in the 1980s and 1990s show that if you call and lose an independence referendum twice - you don't get a third chance (Photo: Scottish Government)

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Mare Ushkovska a Global Fellow of the Council for European Studies, a former diplomat with the Macedonian embassy in the UK, and the author of a PhD on Scotland and Catalonia.

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