BRUSSELS – The wind blowing north of Hadrian’s Wall is cold on the hopes of the British prime minister boris johnson, to put off the demands of the independence of Scotland. With 64 seats out of 129 at stake, Scottish National Party (SNP) of the first minister nicola sturgeonhandjob Wins elections for the renewal of Holyrood’s parliament And is now aiming at the goal of calling a new referendum to separate the country from the United Kingdom.
Scots went to the polls During super thursday (Thursday 6 May), the great election day which also included Welsh – for Parliament – and British – for local elections. Prime Minister Sturgeon’s Nationalist Party started with a base of 62 seats, won in the Legislature of May 2016 (a deputy left the party during the legislature). But already on the eve of the vote the intention was clear to aim for the big fish: an absolute majority (65 seats), for To make London’s request for a second referendum indisputableAfter 2014 which failed with opposition from 55 per cent voters.
Despite the fact that the target is smeared with hair, even with only a strong primacy in his hand, the Prime Minister opposed the idea that Scotland could not return to express itself: “no democratic justification For Boris Johnson to try to block the right of the Scottish people to decide their future, ”he commented on the British media result. “To any politician in Westminster who wants to get in the way, I say two things: first, Don’t get into SNP fightSecond, you will not be able to oppose the democratic wishes of the people”, he said, underlining thatUndoubtedly there is a pro-independence majority in Parliament“.
a statement that Scottish Greens rounds out prospects, which won 8 seats (+6 compared to 2016 elections). co-leader, Lorna Slater, already told intent to support a new referendum, even though the separatists failed to secure an absolute majority: “It is a democratic process. What country would we be if we ignored it?” Thanks for the crutches from the Greens, The army in favor of independence will thus reach 72 seats, 57 against: 31 Conservative (aligned with 2016 result, but confirmed the second force in the country), 22 Labor (-2) and 4 Liberal-Democratic (-1).
To speak on the issue is to weigh in on the desire to bring back Scottish voters Brexit variablehandjob a condition that did not exist seven years ago. The government of Edinburgh, strongly pro-European (at least since the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union became real), opposed Downing Street of a choice not shared in Holyrood for the conditions imposed on Scotland’s economy and society. vehemently opposed. As of 23 June 2016, only 38 percent of Scots had voted. leave, in the choice to remain in or leave the European Union (in the United Kingdom, it was 51.9 overall). That historic referendum reminded citizens in the north that They represent only 8 percent of the British population. And which can easily be overtaken by its southern neighbors. The boycott from the Erasmus+ program imposed by the decision of the Johnson government during Brexit negotiations gave the coup grace.
The people of Scotland have said – this is a SNP landslide.
most votes
Highest Constituency Seats Ever
Highest vote share ever in Scottish electionOnce we rebuild Scotland from COVID, there will be an independence referendum. pic.twitter.com/k5Oq4hndh1
— SNP (@theSNP) 8 May 2021
The results of the ‘Super Thursday’ for the renewal of Holyrood’s parliament confirmed Prime Minister Sturgeon’s victory with 64 out of 129 seats (8 plus the ecological force): “Nothing now justifies ‘no’ for the referendum”. Proves. For freedom ”
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