The SNP are demanding another poll on Scottish independence, following their 2014 defeat. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been resisting, urging the party to focus on Scotland’s coronavirus recovery.
However, for the first time, a Government minister has explained how a second referendum could take place.
Speaking to Politico, Scotland Secretary Alister Jack said another vote will take place if “you consistently saw 60 percent of the population wanting a referendum, and that was sustained over a reasonably long period”.
He added: “Then I would acknowledge that there was a desire for a referendum.”
Earlier this month Michael Gove told the Mail on Sunday there would be another referendum “if it is the case that there is clearly a settled will in favour of a referendum, then one will occur”.
However, the Cabinet Office Minister didn’t specify how this “settled will” would be defined.
After laying out the conditions for another referendum, Mr Jack made clear he doesn’t think they’ve been met.
He said: “But that’s not where we are and it’s not how I perceive things to be.
“I think I’m broadly where the public are, which is that now is not the time to be having a referendum.
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Nicola Sturgeon has agreed a deal with the pro-independence Green Party to provide this.
Under its terms, the Greens will get two Ministers as the SNP seek to “cement the pro-independence majority at Holyrood”.
Scottish Green members will vote on Saturday on whether to approve the deal.
The Scottish Conservatives have accused Ms Sturgeon of forming a “nationalist coalition of chaos”, in the search for “a divisive indyref2”.
However, the agreement was attacked by ex-SNP leader Alex Salmond, who warned it could set back the independence bid by “many decades”.
The Alba Party leader condemned the agreement as “student politics masquerading as coalition building”.
A recent Redfield and Wilton poll found 42 percent of Scots want another referendum within the next five years, with 40 percent opposed.
If a vote were held 47 percent would support the union, whilst 44 percent would vote for independence.
The balance was made up of respondents who were undecided.
Redfield & Wilton Strategies polled voters in Scotland aged over 16 between August 4 and 5.
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