Nicola Sturgeon’s position in jeopardy as SNP ‘cracking’ under independence pressure
NICOLA STURGEON's position as leader of the SNP is under threat from the "braveheart" wing of her party, according to a Scottish Conservative councillor.
Nicola Sturgeon: SNP’s discipline ‘cracking’ claims Miklinski
Tony Miklinski told Express.co.uk that discipline within the SNP is cracking as a section of the party want another referendum on Scottish independence at any cost. Mr Miklinski stated that Nicola Sturgeon is not that ilk and instead wants to wait until winning the vote is absolutely certain.
He said: "Nicola Sturgeon’s position has always hindered on the discipline of the SNP.
"There have been signs of that cracking for quite a long time now."
Mr Miklinski added: "
"She is not naturally of that ilk, she wants to be absolutely certain of winning.
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"Therefore, the tensions in that party are very considerable.
"The fact that they have managed to keep it together for 14 years, you have got to admire it.
"The discipline they have had is at a cost, it means when things start to go wrong you can end up with a cataclysmic breakdown
"We have got to encourage that frankly for the good of the country, before they take us a place we do not want to go."
Nicola Sturgeon 'promising the impossible' says Miklinski
Mr Miklinski also told Express.co.uk that Scotland's First Minister has promised the impossible and she has now got nothing left to offer.
Mr Miklinski: "I am not part of the SNP so I can’t speak from within but I do listen and see the signs.
"There are people who are not inclined to follow her patient route.
"There are factions in the SNP that have different agendas.
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"So while without doubt she is the most able politician in the SNP ranks, I don’t think her power base is secure because people are getting impatient.
"They have been promised so many times that they would get independence and it was just around the corner and they have been disappointed so many times.
"They have been promised the impossible, they said once in a generation, we are six years on, that is not a generation.
"Nicola has got nothing left to offer."