Prime Minister Boris Johnson will move to quash a new push for Scottish independence amid a surge in nationalism that poses a fresh threat to the United Kingdom just as it prepares to move on from Brexit
., Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon on Friday flagged a potential constitutional showdown with Westminster over the mechanism needed to trigger a second independence referendum.Johnson's pro-Brexit Conservative Party lost seven of its 13 Scottish seats at the general election as the SNP's share of the vote surged 8.1 per cent to 45 per cent.
"It is clear, beyond any doubt, that the kind of future desired by the majority of Scotland is very different to that chosen by much of the rest of the UK," Sturgeon said.
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