INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
with a "clear commitment to give the people of Scotland the choice of becoming an independent country"Speaking to reporters at a press
Independence referendum will be a bumpy ride as the legislation that set up the Scottish parliament stipulates Westminster has to authorise
what is required", and if the government of Boris Johnson refuses to grant a Section 30 order then she would set out her own legal path to
the referendum, after pledging to hold the vote by the end of 2023.Sturgeon said she was ready to sit down and discuss the matter with
or any Tory Prime Minister
This is a UK government that has no respect for democracy
She says the next series of papers alongside her address to the Scottish parliament will make a credible case for Scotland becoming an
the fact that the majority of people in Scotland voted in favor of staying inside the European Union but were forced to leave the EU because
economic model that consigns us to relatively poor economic and social outcomes which are likely to get worse, not better, outside the
resources that Scotland is blessed with
Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Iceland, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, and Finland.The evidence is overwhelming that these
can build a more sustainable economy and therefore stronger public finances, pensions and social security, EU membership and trade, and
and discuss the matter and that although they disagreed on the substance of independence, she hoped as a democracy they will be able to
documents detailing how it will approach important matters around independence including how Scotland may rejoin the European Union, and how
the flow of people, goods, and services would work in practice across the border between Scotland and England after independence.She
concluded her speech by pointing out the vast energy resources (90% of the UK's oil resources are considered under Scottish jurisdiction),
not the time to be talking about another referendum
We're confident that the people of Scotland want and expect their governments to be working together to focus on issues like the global cost
Parliamentary election, one seat short of a majority but one seat more than it won in 2016
