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‘Not all of the SNP wants to remain’

NEITHER London nor Brussels was the rallying cry for one section of SNP supporters at the weekend.

Gerry Fisher told the Star that not all SNP members and supporters agree that Scotland should remain in the bloc despite the party leadership using Brexit as a the pretext to call a second independence referendum.

He believes that there are a significant number of SNP members who want Scottish independence but are wary of what EU membership will mean.

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