Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks at the Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain on Jan 19, 2021. LONDON: Scotland’s leader said on Sunday that she intends to hold a “legal referendum” on independence from the UK if she wins Scottish elections scheduled for May.
Sturgeon argues that Brexit has transformed the situation by dragging Scotland out of the European Union against its will. A narrow majority of UK voters opted to leave the EU in a 2016 referendum, but a large majority in Scotland voted to stay.A string of recent opinion polls suggests a small majority now supports Scotland becoming an independent country. Sturgeon says her Scottish National Party will run in May’s election “to seek the authority of the Scottish people” for a new referendum.
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