Party leaders have proposed using the next general election as a de facto independence referendum.
The SNP's annual party conference will begin in Aberdeen on Sunday and include a key debate on Scottish independence.
Mr Flynn is expected to give the conference's opening speech, saying: "We are asking the Scottish people to put trust in themselves - to take powers and our future into our own hands.The conference comes at a time when the SNP have experienced a number of blows. A lot has happened to the SNP in the last year - they've change leader, there's a police investigation underway into their finances, and polls suggest a slide in the party's popularity.
There are others in the SNP who feel that now is not the right moment to push too hard with regards to independence.since the Supreme Court ruled the Scottish government could not hold an independence referendum without the UK government's consent. "But that's not enough to really shift the numbers. The point is that you've also got to give people a reason to vote for independence.
Speaking to Holyrood Magazine, he said he was not sure if he could have continued to be a minister if he had not sought help.
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