The Yes campaign for Scottish independence will reconvene this summer, according to former SNP deputy leader Jim Sillars.
Writing for Holyrood magazine, Mr Sillars said that the result of last week's Scottish Parliament elections demonstrated strong support for pro-independence parties.
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He writes: “My information is that once the EU referendum is out of the way, the Yes side will be coming back together, to rebuild its organisational structures at the community level, and start to produce policies around which the movement can re-launch an educational campaign to take us from that 45 per cent in 2014 to a winning number in the years immediately ahead.”
He also rejected comments by Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson that the case for independence was "utterly shredded" saying the remarks were "plain daft".
He added: "The message from the election is that the SNP constituency vote overall, taking account of the lost votes in the North East, at 46.5 per cent, plus the Green vote, is that the idea of independence is still in the ascendant, and that those Labour voters who came out for Yes in 2014, are still with us, plus some more."
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