Last night MPs voted to hold an election on December 12, after the Prime Minister claimed a national poll was the only way to break the Brexit deadlock. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he “would not stand in the way” of another Scottish independence referendum. Since the historic Brexit referendum in 2016, the SNP has long called for an independence referendum, arguing that Scots do not want to leave the bloc.

But, Scots were told that the 2014 Scottish independence referendum would be a “once in a generation” vote.

Political Editor of Business Insider, Adam Bienkov, explained on Twitter that the Labour Party would allow Scots to have another say on their future, if they won in a general election.

But, Mr Bienkov claimed it would be dependent on “a proper democratic request” by the Scottish government and would not come in the early years of a general election.

He wrote on Twitter: “Corbyn’s spokesman says Labour “would not stand in way” of a Scottish independence referendum if there is “a proper democratic request” by the Scottish government and parliament for one, but adds that they would refuse it if it’s “in the formative years of a Labour government.”

The Conservative Party has stood strong in denying the Scottish Government another independence referendum.

Despite voting to stay in the UK in 2014, Scots also voted to Remain in the European Union in the 2016 Brexit vote.

And on Wednesday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon claimed the December 12 general election was the most important election for decades.

The Scottish First Minister declared a vote for the SNP would be a “demand” for the “right to choose our own future”, as well as a vote to “boot out Boris Johnson”.

The day after MPs voted in favour of the first December general election for almost a century, the SNP leader hit the campaign trail in Stirling.

The seat is being targeted by the SNP, with MEP Alyn Smith hoping to win it back for the party from the Scottish Conservatives.

Ms Sturgeon told PA: “It’s the most important election Scotland has had for decades, it will determine the future direction of our country for a long time to come.

“A vote for the SNP is a vote to stop Brexit.

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“No matter how you voted on Brexit, it’s a mess and the only way to end the mess is to stop Brexit.

“Secondly, a vote for the SNP is a vote to put Scotland’s future into Scotland’s hands and demand the right to choose our own future, not have that determined for us by the likes of Boris Johnson.

“If we want to build a better, brighter future for Scotland in place of the broken Westminster system, then voting SNP is the way to achieve that.”

Ms Sturgeon added: “Scotland is pivotal in this election, we can deprive Boris Johnson of a majority and in every single Tory-held seat in Scotland it is the SNP that’s the challenger.

“So if you want to make sure you can stop Brexit and boot out Boris Johnson, voting SNP is the way to do that.

“The SNP will always try to work as part of a progressive alternative to the Tories, but the key thing is that the last few years have told us is that it’s the Westminster system that’s broken.

“Whoever is in Downing Street, Scotland’s interests are ignored and we need to be in charge of our own future to make sure that doesn’t happen.”

Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Conservative MP John Lamont said in Scotland “Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP are letting down our wonderful staff and the patients they look after” and called for the First Minister to “end her neglect of Scotland’s NHS” rather than “obsessing about independence referendums”.

The Prime Minister quickly replied: “He’s absolutely right, and that is why they rant, to use his own words, that is why they rant so incessantly about independence because they wish to distract, they wish to dead cat, as the saying goes, from the lamentable failure of the SNP Government in Scotland.

“And he’s entirely right – if this goes on I think that the SNP will forfeit all right to manage the NHS in Scotland.”

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