The Scottish Prime Minister has announced that he wants to hold another referendum on independence from Britain if necessary without London’s consent.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency International Group, quoted by the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Nicholas Sturgeon, Prime Minister of Scotland, who is leading the Scottish National Party and also the British Government as Prime Minister, wants a new referendum on the independence of the British part of the country without the consent of the central government. “At a press conference in Edinburgh on Tuesday, Sturgeon said: The referendum should be legal, but we are facing a British government that does not respect democracy or the rule of law.
Sturgeon said that was why he was soon outlining plans for how he could circumvent London’s necessary agreement to hold another independence referendum. Sturgeon said the Scottish Parliament has an undeniable democratic mandate for this purpose.
London reacted immediately to Sturgeon’s remarks; with a British government spokesman saying that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson believed it was not time to talk about a second independence referendum.
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The Scottish Regional Government on Tuesday released the first of several documents aimed at promoting the region’s independence. The document states that part of the country with a population of around 5.5 million could be more economically successful outside the UK, so there is room for debate. Other documents on currency, taxes and fees, defense, social affairs, and membership and trade are expected to be released soon.
According to Sturgeon’s current plans, a second independence referendum is scheduled to take place by the end of 2023 at the latest.
The Scots had already voted against it during the 2014 independence referendum, with 55% of voters saying they wanted to remain part of Britain. The government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has opposed a new Scottish referendum on independence, saying the issue was resolved through a previous referendum.
The 2014 referendum took place before Britain wanted to leave the EU and vote. These developments led many to change their minds about continuing to ally with Britain.
Sturgeon argues that the landscape has changed since then, most importantly due to Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, a policy that has previously been opposed by the majority of Scots.