independence in the Scottish Parliament. The former SNP leader will lay out his plans later today at a virtual event where he is likely to say that "independence is not an alternative to recovery.
It is essential to real recovery".. Alba suggested the SNP and the Greens would "kick the independence timetable down the road" and said a split with Westminster was needed urgently.
The ex- First Minister will say: "If Scotland wants to have all the powers required to recover from the coronavirus in the way we choose, we simply can't wait several years for a referendum and several more for independence, that would mean that the crucial decisions that need to be made right now will be made by Boris Johnson, not the people of Scotland. "It means.
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