The victory of the separatists in Scotland: the beginning of the standoff with London

Boris Johnson, who has the final word on whether or not to authorize this referendum, strongly opposes it. If Ms Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party (SNP) tries to legislate for a referendum, but the UK government does not cooperate, the dispute could be settled in court.

that would be absurd and utterly reprehensibleMs Sturgeon said on the BBC on Sunday. If this happened, This would mean that a Conservative government has refused to respect the democratic will of the Scottish people., he warned.

A referendum will have to be held for Boris Johnson irresponsible. The Tory leader believes the priority is to tackle the economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 127,000 in the UK and brought the country to its knees.

He invited Ms. Sturgeon to work with him common challenges, invited him to a meeting with other heads of local governments.

On Tuesday, during Queen Elizabeth II’s traditional speech, which will present the government’s national policy agenda in parliament, the Conservative leader announced on Twitter: We will go further to unite [le pays] and move up one gear.

Instead of focusing on what divides, let’s focus on what unitesBacked Michael Gove, the minister responsible for coordinating the government’s action, interviewed Sunday on SkyNews.

Nicola Sturgeon agrees with Boris Johnson on one point: an end to the pandemic is a priority. But he told the BBC on Sunday thatafter the crisis, she counted Give the Scottish people the opportunity to choose their future in the referendum.

Such consultation had already taken place in 2014. At the time, 55% of Scots chose to live in the UK. Based on this recent vote, Boris Johnson argues that such a referendum cannot take place. once per generation.

However, the SNP believed Brexit was a game-changer, with 62% of Scots opposing it. The goal of the SNP is for Scotland to join the European Union as an independent state.

Michael Gove argued that unlike the 2011 local election, which saw a major victory for the separatists and led to a referendum three years later, this time SNP did not get majority.

According to the final results announced on Saturday, two days after the election, the SNP did not actually have an absolute majority of one seat, gaining 64 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament.

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, whose party has elected 31 MPs, congratulated on Twitter prevented an SNP majority .

For election expert John Curtis, one of the reasons Failed target of separatists Is it that Conservative and Labor voters worried about Britain’s future have shown a willingness to vote deftly to prevent the pro-independence SNP from winning locally.

for this teacher, Polls reveal how politically divided Scotland is, he told the BBC.

However, the SNP could align itself with the Greens, also in favor of splitting from the United Kingdom, which gained eight seats.

This gives us two parties that support independence in Parliament, which will take this result as a mandate for a second referendum.Lynn Benny of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen told AFP.

The problem is that the Conservative government at Westminster would refuse in the short term. So we have this debate about the demand for a democratic referendum, but the legal position that prevents the referendum from happening because it is ultimately up to the UK government to give it up., said Lynn Benny very difficult Predict how it can be solved.