This Scottish separatists wondering which way to go 2023. The second referendum will have to wait for now. Chief Minister, Nicola sturgeonHe had promised to celebrate next October 19, but the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) had a dead end, nor the way to consult within the law. In November, the UK Supreme Court unanimously rejected the Scottish Parliament’s right to call a referendum on independence. Sturgeon sought and received clarification from the highest judge in the country. All five judges of the court unanimously rejected it. Scotland can claim the right to self-determination contained in international law.
SNP will hold a conference in Edinburgh this spring extraordinary conference To discuss the next steps. The aim is “to pave the way for Scotland to express its perspective on the constitutional future of the nation”. Sturgeon announced the meeting immediately after learning the no-nonsense sentence. “A clear and definitive decision”, according to the British prime minister, Rishi Altar, but the increasingly radical disagreement is still there. After the Supreme Court decision, five different polls showed an increase in support for independence; While the rate of those who said ‘no’ in the last poll was 42%, 52% (+3) voted ‘yes’ to the separation. Of these by Panelbase for ‘The Sunday Times’. However, 42% of those consulted would prefer the independence campaign to be postponed for the next five years, while 27% believe it should continue now.
“The Scottish independence movement is not going away,” Sturgeon warned, and this is a point on which everyone agrees, including those who are against it. “I’ll give up on the idea democracy Either in Scotland or find another way,” he said. And the way he put forward is to present the call for a referendum as his main proposal in the coming period. 2024 general election so the result is a referendum on Scottish independence. legally strategy void of validitybut i would give legitimacy why.
more autonomy
No further consultation in Scotland is out of the question for the Sunak government, which has barely managed to stabilize British politics. From the opposition, in favor of the polls, labor party He started to review the constitutional amendments that he planned to make if he came to power in a year and a half. The leader, at a recent meeting in Glasgow, Keir Starmersuggested giving. higher skills For Scotland, according to a decentralization plan drawn up by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown in exchange for the rest of the UK. Labor members are therefore trying to submit a proposal third way for those who want more autonomy without being tempted by the idea of independence.