Analysts have said that Theresa Mays pronouncement of a snap
general election will give her the need advantage in No. 10 and also bring to
an end the clamour for a second Scottish independence referendum by Nicola
Sturgeon.
There is the insinuation from some quarters that the PM’s
decision to announce a snap election was strongly based on the advice given to
her by Scottish Conservative Leader Ruth Davidson, as a means of destroying the
First Minister’s hope for a second indyref.
The implication of this, is that, if the Scottish National
Party (SNP) loses seats in Westminster, it will cause a grave damage to her
party’s strength, as her mandate to run Scotland would be put under threat.
The prediction was also concurred to by the SNP’s deputy
leader Angus Robertson, saying the election would battle between the SNP and
the Tories in Scotland.
Recall that in the last general election, the SNP smiled
home with an overwhelming victory in Scotland, after it pulled 56 out 59 seats.
Nevertheless, with the realities on ground now, the First
Minister and the SNP seem to have lost public acceptance. While the strength of
the Conservatives are increasing on a daily basis.
According to Ruth Davidson, most Scots feel “hurt, angry and
let down” due to Nicola Sturgeon's renewed push for a rerun of the 2014 vote,
when there was a resounding majority in favour of staying in the UK.
She said Nicola Sturgeon's popularity was on the wane
because of her renewed push for independence and added: “I think she is a more
divisive figure than she once was.
“There are a lot of people that wanted to give Nicola
Sturgeon a chance who had found Alex Salmond quite divisive and wanted Scotland
to move on, because we were promised that if we made a decision it would be
respected by all sides and we could move on.
“Now that they find her dragging us back to a place the
majority of Scots don't want us to go they feel hurt, angry and let down.”
SNP boss Miss Sturgeon issued a terse statement following
the General Election announcement.
She said: "This is one of the most extraordinary
U-turns in recent political history.
“Theresa May is putting the interests if her party before
the country.
“It makes it all the more important that Scotland is
protected from the Tory party.”
Political commentator Matthew d'Ancona, the former editor of
The Spectator, wrote in the Guardian: “A snap election resulting – May hopes –
in a stronger Tory government and an unambiguous personal mandate is
self-evidently the smart option.
“Such a victory would kill off the idea of a second
referendum, and close down the argument that the electorate had not given
consent to withdrawal from the single market.”
With trademark provocative speechmaking columnist Katie
Hopkins called on Scotland to rid themselves of the ‘Ginger Dwarf’.
In an article for the Daily Mail she said: “If you are sick
to the back teeth of the Ginger Dwarf from the North spouting her nonsense in
Westminster, acting as first minister for Independence, instead of First
Minister for Scotland, now is your chance.
“June 8 is your day to shine. To vote for the Scottish
Conservatives and send a message to Nicola that we are stronger together and
better off without her.
“Her only ambition is for herself.
“Rid yourselves of the Ginger Dwarf from the North and we
can create a truly United Kingdom.”
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