Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said she will push ahead with a vote on independence by whatever legal means possible
cottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she will push ahead with a vote on independence by whatever legal means possible as her government tries to reinvigorate the campaign to leave the U.K.
When the SNP won Scottish Parliamentary elections in May last year, Sturgeon pledged to resume her campaign to create Europe’s newest nation state after the pandemic. The dilemma for Sturgeon, though, is that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is refusing to give Scotland another vote. A referendum in 2014 came about after the government in London transferred the legal power to hold one, a so-called Section 30 order.
Scotland voted 55% to 45% to remain in the UK in 2014, and opinion polls show the nation of 5.5 million people has been roughly split down the middle on the issue in recent years. Sturgeon has been pushing for another referendum since Britain chose to depart from the E.U., which a majority of Scottish voters opposed.Legal advice published by the Scottish government last week said ministers in Edinburgh could pursue policy work on independence.
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