Clear Mandate for Another Scottish Independence Vote: Experts

Pro-Union activists wave a Union flag (C) as Scottish Saltire and EU flags fly during an anti-Conservative government, pro-Scottish independence, and anti-Brexit demonstration outside Holyrood, the seat of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Feb. 1, 2020. Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has a clear mandate to hold a second Scottish independence referendum, although it may not happen for a while, experts have said.

The argument over Scottish independence has intensified in recent days after the SNP’s landslide victory in the Holyrood election, which also produced the largest pro-independence majority in the Parliament in the history of devolution.