Scotland’s independence referendum to be postponed until Brexit terms are clear
Almaty. October 9. Silkroadnews – The issue of Scotland’s second independence referendum has been postponed until the terms for the UK’s departure from the EU become clear, the Kazakh Telegraph Agency (KazTAG) reports with reference to TASS.
According to the First minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) Nicola Sturgeon, there are no assumptions on the referendum terms until the Brexit terms become clear.
Once again the leader of SNP has opposed London’s plans to leave the single European market with Brexit realization.
In March of this year, N. Sturgeon stated about a referendum on region’s independence in the period between autumn 2018 and spring of 2019, that is, prior to Britain’s exit from the European Union. Later, she has been supported by the Scottish Parliament, though the results of the pre-term general parliamentary elections held in Great Britain on June 8 brought serious adjustments into the plans discussed. Although that time the SNP remained the most popular party in the region, it lost 21 out of 56 seats in the House of Commons. The analysts directly mapped these results back to N. Sturgeon’s active agitation for another Scotland’s referendum for independence from the UK.
The first referendum on Scotland’s independence took place in 2014 with 55% of people voting against independence.