‘A choice between Brexit and a future for Scotland as an independent European nation should be offered in the lifetime of this parliament,’ Nicola Sturgeon told Holyrood, Scotland’s devolved parliament
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon makes a statement to the Scottish Parliament, at Holyrood, central Edinburgh, on April 24, 2019.Scotland should hold an independence referendum before the current Scottish parliamentary term ends in May 2021 and will prepare legislation for this to happen, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday.
The permission of Britain’s sovereign parliament at this stage was not needed, she said, but would be eventually be necessary “to put beyond doubt or challenge our ability to apply the bill to an independence referendum.” But Britain is mired in political chaos due to Brexit and it is still unclear whether, when or even if Britain will leave the European Union.
Differences over Brexit have strained the United Kingdom. Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to stay in the EU in a 2016 referendum, while Wales and England vote to leave.
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