Scotland will not be given the right to hold a repeat independence referendum until 2024, Michael Gov, the British Chancellery Secretary of State, said in an interview on Wednesday.
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Asked by the Daily Telegraph whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson would agree to a referendum ahead of the next British parliamentary election, Cow said he “did not see” the possibility.
“It is now foolish to talk about a referendum. We are recovering from Covid,” the minister added. “It seems to me that at best it would be frivolous, but at worst – it would be foolish to move negotiations to constitutional disputes when people expect us to work together to resolve [pandēmijas radītās] problems.”
Although the Scots in the 2014 referendum voted 55% in favor of remaining in the UK, a repeat referendum on Scottish independence could cause Johnson a serious headache.
The leader of the Scottish National Party and the Prime Minister of the Scottish Regional Government, Nicole Sturden, spoke on the second referendum following the 2016 British referendum on leaving the European Union (EU).
While the majority of Scots supported staying in the EU, in general most Britons voted to leave the bloc.
Stargen claims that the Brixit has changed Scotland’s constitutional relations with the rest of the UK, and has announced that a new independence referendum will be held by the end of 2023.
Following Scotland’s regional elections in May, Sturden said strong support for Scottish nationalists had given them a democratic mandate to hold such a referendum.
On the issue of the independence referendum, the SNP is also supported by the Greens.
However, Sturden has promised that the problems caused by the pandemic will be addressed first.
Cow’s remarks have already been described by the Scottish Prime Minister as an arrogant denial of Scottish democracy, which only strengthens the Scottish desire for independence.
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