Scottish government to publish plans for second independence referendum
The Scottish Government will publish draft legislation on holding a second independence referendum next week, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The Scottish First Minister made the announcement at SNP conference in Glasgow where she was greeted with a standing ovation from delegates.
The SNP leader said her party would lead the fight against the Conservatives’ plans for “hard Brexit”, attacking the “right wing” government in Westminster.
Scotland voted to remain in the EU by a large margin, but Britain is now due to leave because the overall result was in favour of Brexit.
The party leader’s comments come after she attacked the Government for plans to force businesses to list foreigners, which have since been dropped. “Last week, we heard an intolerance towards those from other countries that has no place in a modern, multicultural, civilised society,” she told party delegates.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/scotland-to-publish-plans-for-second-independence-referendum-a7359071.html
The Scottish electorate is very liberal and voted to remain in the EU. Of their 59 members of UK parliament only 1 is a Conservative.
On balance I hope they do conduct another referendum on independence. The downside would be that if were successful and the EU allowed Scotland to join as an independent country after the UK leaves, there would be a hard border between Scotland and England just as there will be between Northern Ireland and Ireland.
And losing all those non-Conservatives in the UK parliament will leave the rest of the UK even more Conservative-dominated than it is now. Certainly not good news.
