London
Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced on Monday 10 October that Scotland will hold a second independence referendum on 19 October next year if allowed by the UK’s Supreme Court.
Speaking at a Scottish National Party (SNP) conference in Aberdeen, Sturgeon said the Supreme Court would consider whether existing law allows the Scottish Parliament to legislate for an advisory referendum.
If Westminster (the British government) had any respect for Scottish democracy, this court session would not be necessary. But Westminster doesn’t get that respect.”
Sturgeon previously promised to hold a second referendum by the end of 2023.
He stressed at the conference that “Scotland has what it takes to be a successful and independent country,” adding that his government would publish documents that economically defend independence.
Sturgeon added that the British government implemented more austerity and suffering, driving “hundreds of thousands” into poverty.
“It’s a mess and a disaster,” he stressed.
The Scottish leader has attacked both the Conservatives and the opposition Labor Party, saying members of the latter are “ready to throw (former Prime Minister) Boris Johnson’s Scotland on the Brexit bus” on their way to power.
“We need Scottish independence to solve the problem,” he said, ie “Westminster”.
The UK’s central government has consistently rejected the idea of a new referendum on Scottish independence, claiming that the Scots made up their mind in the 2014 referendum.
However, Sturgeon argues that conditions changed with Brexit, where despite 62% of Scots voting to remain in the EU in 2016, Scotland remained outside the EU.
The first referendum on secession from the United Kingdom was held in 2014, two years before Britain’s exit from the European Union.
The government of then Prime Minister David Cameron promised that the Scots would be better understood and that the Scottish Parliament would be given “broad powers”.
The PNE, the party that led the campaign for independence at the time, was quite confident that the country would survive and even be better off outside the UK, thanks to the North Sea oil fields, world-famous malt whiskey, textiles, jet engines and diverse banking and financial services. that you enjoy.
However, the Scots rejected independence with 55.3% in favor of the remainder of the kingdom, as opposed to 44.7% against it.
* Aisha Sandoval contributed to this note.
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