Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I waiho e te kaiārahi o te SNP a Nicola Sturgeon i tēnei rā te tatau e tuwhera ana ki te rua o ngā pōtitanga mō te mana motuhake o Kōti i mua i te tau 2020. I mua i te pōti hītori o te tau kua hipa, i tohe tonu ngā kaitōrangapū Scottish he whai wāhitanga kotahi i roto i te whakatupuranga ki te whakatau i te heke mai o te Kotahitanga 300-tau. Engari kaore a Ms Sturgeon i whakaae ki te tono kia whakahoutia i roto i nga tau e rima e whai ake nei, ka akiaki i nga hoa riri ki te kii kua 'whakakore ia i te kupu whakaari o te rahi o Ben Nevis'. I te pōti o Hepetema, i tautokohia e te 55 ōrau o ngā kaipōti o Scotland te whakaaro kia noho tonu ki te United Kingdom. I kii a Alex Salmond ko te pooti te 'wāhanga o te oranga' me te rua tau ki muri, i kii a Miss Sturgeon mo te pooti motuhake: 'Kua kii tonu matou he mea kotahi i roto i te whakatupuranga.' Engari i roto i te raupapa o ngā tautohetohe pōtitanga TV i waenganui i ngā kaiārahi Scottish, kua huri a Ms Sturgeon i tōna tūnga, ā, i te rā nei ka waiho te tūponotanga kia whakaurua te kupu whakaari o tētahi pōti anō ki tētahi whakaaturanga SNP ā muri ake nei. I raro i te pehanga ka mea ia'me huri tetahi mea' i mua i tana oati i te pooti, a me pooti te iwi mo taua mea. Ka mea ia: 'Kāore au e whakamahere i tētahi atu pōti i tēnei wā, kāore he pōti anō i runga i ngā kāri. 'Mō te mea ka whai wāhi atu tētahi atu pōtitanga ki roto i tētahi whakaaturanga SNP ā muri ake nei, me whakarerekē tētahi mea nui mai i te āhuatanga i a tātou i te pōtitanga o te tau whakamutunga.' Ko Ms Sturgeon, e pakanga ana i Paisley i tenei ra, i waiho te whakaaro ki te tono i tetahi pooti i nga pooti Paremata o Scottish i te tau e whai ake nei. E kī ana ngā hoariri kua 'whakakahoretia e Ms Sturgeon tētahi kupu whakaari e rite ana ki te rahi o Ben Nevis' i runga i te pōti, i muri i tana tohe ko te pōti o te tau kua hipa he kaupapa kotahi i roto i te whakatupuranga. I te wa o te taupatupatu, i etahi wa e hamama ana i runga i te BBC Sunday Politics Scotland, i werohia e te kaiarahi Tory Scottish a Ruth Davidson kia whakakore i tetahi atu pooti. Ko Ms Davidson, te kaiārahi o te Scottish Conservatives, i tāpiri: 'He mārama...
Kāore te kaiārahi o te SNP i whakaae ki te tono mō tētahi atu pōti mō te motuhake. I kīia e ngā Nationalists ko te pōtitanga o te tau kua hipa he 'kotahi i roto i te whakatupuranga' E whakapae ana ngā hoariri i a Sturgeon mō te takahi i tētahi 'whakapainga nui o Ben Nevis'