Scottish first minister encourages using national elections as referendum for independence

MADRID, 26 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has ensured that the High Court's refusal to hold a referendum in the region has "rejuvenated" the independence movement, so it must go ahead to use the next general election as a referendum 'of facto' on whether to leave the UK.

"Because for the people of Scotland, the result means this: the myth that the United Kingdom is a voluntary union of nations has been completely and permanently shattered due to the behavior of the Westminster parties," he defended on the night of this Friday during the annual St. Andrew's Day dinner, according to 'The Herald'.

In this sense, he has assured that the decision taken by the High Court will not favor Labor or Conservatives since the Scottish independence movement "is not going to disappear". "In fact, it's growing. It's getting stronger. And it's winning. Because now it's both a democracy movement and an independence movement," she has maintained.

For the Prime Minister, the Supreme Court ruling has triggered "the week that changed the independence campaign." Since, as she has defended, they only defend making a decision democratically and the voluntary union in the United Kingdom has become a "Westminster control system".

For this reason, he has defended that the majority of residents in Scotland "believes in the right of the people who live here to choose their own future."

After what he has insisted that the egalitarian association in which the vast majority of the British believe "is very clear" that it can only be achieved through independence.

Sturgeon wanted to vote again on October 19, 2023, but the central executive considers that the independence debate was settled with the September 2014 consultation. The Scottish authorities consider that the scenario is now very different, with the United Kingdom out of the European Union.