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The Prime Minister of Scotland, Nicola Strugeon said on Tuesday 28 June that she wants a new referendum on independence to be held on 19 October 2023.
In the wake of Brexit, Sturgeon, who is the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), says it is time to bring Scotland back to the European Union as an independent country.
The Scottish Prime Minister said she was “ready to negotiate” with the British government on the terms of holding a second referendum on independence from the United Kingdom.
Stressing that she would write to Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday, she said: “I will never allow Scottish democracy to be held hostage by Boris Johnson or any other British Prime Minister.”
“Scotland has paid a price for generations for not being independent. “The British governments we do not vote for impose policies we do not support, often preventing us from fulfilling our potential,” Sturgeon told the Scottish Parliament.
“The Conservatives have only six MPs in Scotland, which makes up ten per cent of the Scottish representation, and yet they have pushed us out of the EU against our will,” Sturgeon said.
She said the country’s delegated parliament could move forward with a new referendum on independence without the consent of the British government.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party, which is in opposition in Scotland, oppose any such vote. They say the issue was resolved in 2014, when the Scottish electorate voted 55 per cent against leaving the UK. Radio Free Europe
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