SCOTLAND “deserves the chance for a fresh start”, the SNP have said, to mark the eleventh anniversary of the independence referendum.
SNP depute leader Keith Brown said that the “hope” of independence can inspire a generation of younger voters.
It comes ahead of the party’s upcoming conference in Aberdeen in October, where First Minister John Swinney will ask delegates to back his independence strategy.
Swinney has argued that only a majority of SNP MSPs can secure a second independence referendum.
However, rebel party members are seeking to lodge an amendment to his motion, which would change the threshold to a majority of pro-independence MSPs elected, including from other parties.
Ahead of the showdown, and to mark the anniversary of the 2014 referendum, Brown said: “The independence referendum inspired Scotland to think big - to take full powers and responsibility over our own affairs, and make decisions for Scotland, in Scotland.
"The Westminster system is broken. It has delivered more than a decade of higher bills and stagnating household incomes.
“We’ve seen chaos under the Tories and Labour, with the prospect of Nigel Farage as Prime Minister now a genuine proposal.
"People want real change, and Scotland deserves the chance of a fresh start.
"On the anniversary of the independence referendum, Scots should ask themselves - are you really better off under Westminster control?
“Let the hope of that referendum inspire a new generation to take our own future into our own hands."
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has repeatedly dismissed the idea of a second referendum while he is in office, stating that it is “not a priority”.
But, Swinney has argued that Alex Salmond securing a majority of SNP MSPs in 2011 set a precedent as it led to the 2014 vote.
“That is the only mechanism that has been proven to deliver such a vote – so that is what we need to deliver again,” Swinney said previously.
However, some party members are not convinced by the idea and set out a nine-point plan in response, even setting a date for independence day.
Activists from the Oban & Lorn, Tweeddale, and Helensburgh branches set out in detail how Scotland can “cease to be a partner in a voluntary union without the consent of the UK Government”.
They also had a dig at the Scottish Government’s latest independence paper “Your Right to Decide”, which made the case for an SNP majority to deliver a referendum.
And, Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer pitched an alternative independence strategy, which involves building support by using devolved powers to their “full potential”.
He also said the Scottish Government and Parliament should go into the “grey areas between what's devolved and reserved” and “essentially dare the UK Government to stop us”.
