You're taking big indy risk

Yes campaigner Canavan tells FM he'll struggle to get parly majority

- CHRIS MCCALL

JOHN Swinney's plan to achieve a second referendum on Scottish independence has been branded "high risk" by a former Yes campaign chief.

The First Minister used his Daily Record column this week to announce his party must win an outright majority of MSPs at next year's Holyrood election if they are to force the UK Government to agree to another vote on the constitution.

The SNP would need to return 65 MSPs to meet the target set by Swinney - but polling suggests the party could end up with fewer than 60. A recent survey by Ipsos also found independence did not make a list of the top 10 issues facing Scotland.