Rejected petition Another Scottish independence referendum should be allowed to happen

Whether you like it or not the SNP ran their 2016 campaign on a manifesto which included the right to another referendum.

They have a mandate.

This petition is a demonstration of the will of the people in Scotland, that we should have a second independence referendum.

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"if there is a significant and material change in the circumstances that prevailed in 2014, such as Scotland being taken out of the EU against our will" - SNP manifesto 2016 under "Right to a referendum".

The SNP were elected on this manifesto into a minority government in Holyrood, winning 46.5% and 41.7% of the constituency and regional votes respectively. (Contrasted with the Conservatives' 36.9% in 2015 (Westminster) which lead to the in/out EU referendum)

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Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/168781

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Date submitted 14 March 2017
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