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Sturgeon pledges fresh votes on Brexit, Scottish independence in SNP election manifesto | Sturgeon pledges fresh votes on Brexit, Scottish independence in SNP election manifesto |
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pledged fresh votes on Brexit and Scottish independence on Wednesday, as she launched her party’s general election manifesto. | First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pledged fresh votes on Brexit and Scottish independence on Wednesday, as she launched her party’s general election manifesto. |
Sturgeon, who leads the left-leaning secessionist Scottish National Party, aims to hold the balance of power in Britain after the December 12 UK snap general election. | Sturgeon, who leads the left-leaning secessionist Scottish National Party, aims to hold the balance of power in Britain after the December 12 UK snap general election. |
She accused the main UK-wide parties of delivering “constant chaos” since the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, AFP reports. Speaking on a Glasgow podium labeled ‘Stop Brexit’, Sturgeon said: “It is time to take Scotland's future into Scotland's hands.” | She accused the main UK-wide parties of delivering “constant chaos” since the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, AFP reports. Speaking on a Glasgow podium labeled ‘Stop Brexit’, Sturgeon said: “It is time to take Scotland's future into Scotland's hands.” |
Of the 650 seats in the British Parliament’s lower House of Commons, 59 represent Scottish constituencies and the SNP is defending 35 of them. |
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