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PM Boris Johnson Rejects Second Scottish Independence Referendum

UK

First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has posted a letter from the office of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejecting Sturgeon's request for a second Scottish Independence referendum.

  • Sturgeon: "Just received this from Johnson (one of his last acts as PM?). To be clear, Scotland will have the opportunity to choose independence - I hope in a referendum on 19 October 2023 but, if not, through a general election. Scottish democracy will not be a prisoner of this or any PM."
  • Johnson wrote to Sturgeon: "I cannot agree that now is the time to return to a question which was clearly answered by the people of Scotland in 2014."
  • The letter can be read on Nicola Sturgeon's twitter account here: https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/15447228...

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