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| Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon says she will consider ‘ALL OPTIONS’ if UK govt rejects 2nd independence vote | Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon says she will consider ‘ALL OPTIONS’ if UK govt rejects 2nd independence vote |
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| Scotland’s first minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said that the UK government has a “democratic duty” to allow Scotland to vote for its independence for a second time, otherwise “all options” will be considered. | Scotland’s first minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said that the UK government has a “democratic duty” to allow Scotland to vote for its independence for a second time, otherwise “all options” will be considered. |
| Sturgeon made her comments on Thursday, a week after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won the parliamentary election. | Sturgeon made her comments on Thursday, a week after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won the parliamentary election. |
| The Scottish National Party (SNP), which has long opposed Brexit, scored an impressive victory as well, winning extra seats in Parliament. Sturgeon previously said that the party’s priority is to prevent the UK from leaving the EU without a deal with Brussels – an option Johnson’s government is fine with. | The Scottish National Party (SNP), which has long opposed Brexit, scored an impressive victory as well, winning extra seats in Parliament. Sturgeon previously said that the party’s priority is to prevent the UK from leaving the EU without a deal with Brussels – an option Johnson’s government is fine with. |
| Fifty-five percent of Scottish voters chose to remain in the UK in 2014, while 44 percent voted against it. Scotland is now considering another bid for independence in case of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit. | Fifty-five percent of Scottish voters chose to remain in the UK in 2014, while 44 percent voted against it. Scotland is now considering another bid for independence in case of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit. |
| Speaking on Thursday, Sturgeon said the Scottish government has “a clear democratic mandate to offer people a choice on that future in an independence referendum, and the UK Government has a democratic duty to recognize that.” | Speaking on Thursday, Sturgeon said the Scottish government has “a clear democratic mandate to offer people a choice on that future in an independence referendum, and the UK Government has a democratic duty to recognize that.” |
| The Scottish government published a paper making the case for why a second referendum is crucial. | |
| The officials said in the document that, unlike the rest of the UK, 62 percent of Scottish voters chose to remain in the EU. The looming Brexit continues to be “against the wishes of the people of Scotland,” they argued, and withdrawing from the EU would be “particularly damaging to Scottish interests.” | |
| Johnson has repeatedly promised that Britain will officially leave the EU on January 31 and has seized upon his recent election victory as a mandate to carry out that promise. He rejected the idea of giving Scotland a new chance to depart from the UK. | |
| The PM stands with “the majority of people in Scotland who do not want to return to division and uncertainty,” the government’s spokesperson said. | |
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