A Conservative MP has predicted that the SNP will lose huge amounts of support unless the party accepts the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum was a once in a generation vote.
Richard Holden, the Conservative MP for North West Durham, told the Express that the British public is “red up” of referendums following the long drawn0out Brexit process over the last three years.
He reasserted that the Scottish independence referendum in 2014 was decisive and showed Scotland’s desire to maintain the Union, he said the issue was resolved for a generation.
Mr Holden said: “I think the British public and the Scottish public are fed up of referendums.
“I think we have seen the constitutional years of bickering that Brexit has brought.
“The referendum in Scotland was pretty clear, pretty decisive.
“It was meant to be a once in a generation vote.
“I think that is exactly where it should be.
“I believe that actually you will support for the SNP drop away in the future.”
In the same interview, Mr Holden also took aim at the Labour Party saying they must address “two fundamental issues” before it can even think of being elected into government again, he said: “It is my job to keep Labour out of power as long as possible but quite frankly they are doing quite a good job of it themselves.
“I think they face two fundamental issues at however they go at this leadership election.
“One is that they don’t learn the lesson of the last election.
“I think if they go with somebody like Keir Starmer then they are not going to move on from that Brexit debate.
“They are going to be just focusing again on their London, metropolitan elite.
“They are going to be ignoring the voters who are their traditional base.
“So until they can get to grips with the fact that their voters have left them I think they are going to have a real problem.”
The Labour Party had held Mr Holden’s constituency of North West Durham since its creation in 1950. Prior to the 2019 general election, the constituency had never been represented by a Tory MP.
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