Nicola Sturgeon argues that the 2016 vote to leave the EU warrants a new independence referendum because Scots overwhelming voted against Brexit while a majority of English voters supported it
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks in the Stormont Parliament Buildings, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Jan. 13, 2020.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday refusing her request to be given the powers to hold another Scottish independence referendum.
“I cannot agree to any request for a transfer of power that would lead to further independence referendums,” Johnson wrote in a letter which he posted on Twitter.He said he had told Sturgeon she had agreed that a 2014 referendum, in which Scots voted by 55 per cent-45 per cent to stay in the United Kingdom, would be a “once in a generation” vote.
Sturgeon argues that the 2016 vote to leave the European Union, with Britain set to leave the bloc on Jan. 31, warrants a new independence referendum because Scots overwhelming voted against Brexit while a majority of English voters supported it. The Scottish first minister said Johnson’s response to her request was predictable and that he was blocking another vote because he did not have a positive case for keeping the more than 300-year-old union.
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