Nicola Sturgeon will ask British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for formal approval, although she will go ahead even without his approval. The Brexit that most Scots opposed, according to Sturgeon, justifies a second vote.
Euskaraz irakurri: 2023ko urriaren 19a proposatu du Eskoziak Independentzia erreferendun berria egiteko
The Prime Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, presented this Tuesday the October 19, 2023 as a date to celebrate new independence referendum
Sturgeon has revealed to the rest of the deputies in the Parliament of Holyrood, in Edinburgh, that the issue of this new consultation will be the same as that raised in the previous 2014 referendum: ‘Should Scotland be an independent country?’
The Scottish National Party (SNP) leader has explained that she will address British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to let him know the date chosen and to ask for his formal consent to hold the talks, although she has clarified that it is intended to continue even without London’s approval
But as he did a few weeks ago when he presented the new campaign to break out of London and the report ‘Independence in the Modern World’, he stressed that holding the referendum must be legal, so he will also be seeking advice. apply to the Supreme Court.
In case the Supreme Court does not approve, Sturgeon has emphasized that the next general election in the United Kingdom will be something of a “de facto referendum”.
Voters in Scotland, with a population of about 5.5 million, rejected independence in 2014. But Scotland’s semi-autonomous government says that Britain’s exit from the EU, opposed by most Scots, justifies a second vote
Johnson and his ruling Conservative party, which sits in opposition in Scotland, strongly oppose a referendum, saying the issue was resolved in 2014 when Scots voted 55% to 45% against independence.
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Source: EITB
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