Counting continues in Scottish election as SNP majority hangs in the balance

Vote counting resumed this morning.

Image: Press Association Image: Press Association VOTE COUNTING IS continuing for a second day in Scotland’s election, with the possibility of an SNP majority on a knife edge.

Baillie had a majority of just 109 in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, but increased that to 1,483.With some constituencies still to be counted on Saturday, when the crucial regional list results will also be declared, Ms Sturgeon said victory is “not impossible”. She also stressed that “when the time is right”, she should be able to offer Scots “the choice of a better future” in a second independence referendum.

The SNP have pledged to push forward with legislation at Holyrood for a second Scottish independence referendum which if passed could be challenged by the UK Government in court. “That was always going to be on a knife edge, it comes down to a small number of votes in a small number of seats, so at this midway point it is certainly still there as a possibility, but I have never taken that for granted.

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