THE SNP are to launch their second day of action on Scottish independence later this month, the National understands.
In an email sent out to parliamentarians and party officials, SNP depute leader Keith Brown says he wants party members out on the streets on November 17, to start “conversations” with voters.
“We need to build support for independence and we will only achieve that by engaging in one-to-one conversations with voters in our communities,” he tells.
He said the party wanted to properly use the talents of their “vast membership” to spread a “a positive vision of hope for an independent Scotland – in contrast to the doom and despair of Westminster”.
But, he added, the information gleaned in the day of action would also helps ensure the SNP were “campaign ready for any snap election”.
The SNP are not short of party members. In September it was revealed that their membership had overtaken the Tories for the first time.
The SNP have just under 125,000 registered members compared to 124,000 for the Tories, according to House of Commons Library data.
The party were also buoyed by recent opinion poll carried out by Deltapoll found that in the event of Brexit 47% of Scots would back independence, with 43% against and 10% undecided.
The first day of action was on September 29 when the party aimed to make contact with 50,000 voters.
Yesterday an SNP source told The National they’d be aiming to speak to 55,000 voters on the next day of action.
The Deltapoll survey was carried out for a pro-Europe campaign group, Best for Britain.
It revealed that after Brexit 47% of Scottish voters would support independence, 43% would opt to stay part of the Union, while 10% didn’t know. Removing “don’t knows”, the result was 52% Yes, and 48% No.
If the UK stayed part of the EU, the figures were reversed, with 43% saying they would vote Yes while 47% said they would back remaining part of the UK.
Nicola Sturgeon is due to update Holyrood on her timetable for a new independence referendum this autumn once the terms of Brexit are clear.
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