Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants to hold another independence referendum, but she cannot do so without the consent of the British government
LONDON - Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday she did not rule out testing the legality of calling a consultative referendum on independence if Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government continued to oppose another vote.
“Now, should the UK government continue to deny Scotland’s right to choose, we may reach the point where it is necessary for this issue to be tested,” she said.Sturgeon wants to hold another Scottish referendum, but she cannot do so without the consent of the British government. The Spanish region unilaterally declared independence in October 2017 following a referendum deemed illegal by courts, prompting Spain’s biggest political crisis in decades.
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