THE SNP’s election campaign fundraiser topped £100,000 in less than 24 hours, the Culture Secretary has said, telling party members it will be used on the "path to winning a majority".
Celebrating the money raised at the SNP conference in Edinburgh on Saturday, Angus Robertson said that the fundraiser had also passed both the “stretch target” and the “stretchy stretch target”.
The SNP campaign chair told SNP delegates: “I don't know if you have been as impressed as I have been with the national campaign fundraiser.
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“I'm not going to tell you privately where I thought that we were going to be last night, but I didn't think that we were going to be at £100,000 within 24 hours of launching the national fundraiser, and then I didn't think that we were going to get to the stretch target as quickly as we have.
“And here we are, we've already passed the stretchy stretch target. We went from 100 to 120, to £150,000, to even more.”
Good morning Scotland. The £150k SNP election appeal stretch target has just been reached. Absolutely amazing. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed. Pls share the link so supporters can donate. #SP26 👇https://t.co/qzCbmTMAMk pic.twitter.com/SaBf0VRhu6
— Angus Robertson (@AngusRobertson) March 14, 2026
Robertson added: “If we keep the momentum going, we get the funding in place, this is what is going to be used to advertise digitally to make sure that our message gets across, because we have a path to winning a majority in the election, but we need to be really smart about how we target the electorate, and that's exactly what we plan to do.”
At the time of writing, the SNP’s election fundraiser is on £170,000, with a target of £175,000.
Robertson told the party conference that the money could hit £200,000.
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The SNP have positioned themselves in a different space to parties such as Reform UK and Scottish Labour, who have been in the headlines after accepting donations from multi-millionaire donors.
“We don’t have billionaire donors – just people who believe Scotland can do better,” the SNP said, promoting their fundraiser.
If the SNP win a majority of seats at the Holyrood elections in May, First Minister John Swinney has insisted that precedent will lead to a second independence referendum.
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