Succession star Brian Cox says SNP has 'backed off' from Scottish independence
dailyrecord.co.ukBrian Cox has claimed the SNP has "backed off" from promoting Scottish independence during the general election campaign.The Succession star said it was "something that worries me" ahead of the launch of the party's manifesto on Wednesday.
The Dundee-born actor is a long-term supporter of Scotland leaving the Union and is also a fierce critic of the UK's decision to leave the European Union in 201.Appearing on the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg Show, Cox described Brexit as "this demon we don't talk about".Asked if he was looking forward to the launch of the SNP's manifesto, he said: "I'm not quite sure what's going to happen, it could be, as Plaid Cymru have done, it could be backing away from the notion of independence.
It's something that worries me as I still believe in independence."Cox added: "I do believe in independence but I don't believe we shouldn't be part of these islands.
I believe we need a new kind of system. "I don't believe in a United Kingdom, we should have a sort of united federation of these islands, where each country should be independent but come together, instead of things being dictated, as we find in Scotland, on our behalf."The fact is voted 62 per cent to stay in Europe, and we lost out completely, so we had no voice there."John Swinney has previously insisted independence will "proudly" be one "page one, line one" of his party's manifesto.Cox also blamed Brexit for the pressures facing public spending and the decline in services as a result."My main problem, my main thing, is there's still this demon we don't talk about, which is Brexit and why we are so broke," he said.He pointed to research which suggested the UK economy had grown five per cent less in the years since the referendum in 2016.He
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