A SPECIAL SNP summit to plot independence must be delayed to give Nicola Sturgeon’s successor time, a party bigwig has said.
The party’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn called for the March 19 conference to be pushed back.
It is being held to plan the SNP’s best route to getting another breakaway vote.
Departing First Minister Ms Sturgeon had backed using the next general election as a de facto referendum.
Mr Flynn said yesterday: “The de facto referendum was obviously put forward by the First Minister and we were going to be discussing and debating the merits of that at that party conference.
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"I personally think that party conference should be paused, for obvious reasons.
"I think the new leader should have the opportunity and indeed the space to set out their position, their values and their intentions going forward.
"So that would be my take in relation to that.
"I think it's sensible that we do hit the pause button on that conference and allow the new leader the opportunity to set out their vision."
The Westminster leader has previously ruled himself out of contention for the role, adding that the next head of the SNP will come from the Holyrood group.