Swinney insists Holyrood’s largest ever pro-indy majority cannot be ignored… but can it?published at 13:54 BST
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Lynsey Bews
BBC Scotland political correspondent
During the election campaign, John Swinney talked about a majority victory for his party being the catalyst for a second independence referendum.
But it became clear at an event less than two weeks before polling day, that the First Minister would be pursuing his case – SNP majority or not.
Setting out his plans for the first 100 days of his party returning to government, he promised to bring forward a vote to approve demands for the powers to hold a fresh ballot.
In the aftermath of the result, he’s reframed his argument – stating that Holyrood’s largest ever pro-indy majority cannot be ignored.
But it looks unlikely this will make a difference to the UK government – whose ministers have already signalled they’ve no intention of agreeing to another referendum, and who are pre-occupied by the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the prime minister’s own future.