First Minister John Swinney has said a potential majority in Scotland’s May election would be taken as a green light to demand another independence referendum. Speaking on Sky News’ Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme, the Scottish leader said he believed the Scottish National Party (SNP) had to do “really well” in May’s vote for there to be another independence referendum. Asked by Phillips whether he thought May’s polls were an “independence election”, Mr Swinney replied: “I’m being straightforward with people in Scotland that if people in Scotland want Scotland to become independent, the SNP has got to do really well in this forthcoming election.” He continued: “It’s got to achieve a majority in the Scottish parliament because when that happened before in 2011, it led to a referendum in 2014 and the Scots were able to determine their own constitution.” Asked what he would say to Scots if UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer turns down another referendum request, Mr Swinney said: “I think there’s two things about that. “First of all, the United …