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Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon expressed hope that Scotland will gain independence and can “join” the European Union, saying that Brexit was against the will of the Scots, Agerpres reports.
“We are now suffering a hard Brexit against our will, at the worst possible time, in the midst of a pandemic and an economic recession,” Nicola Sturgeon said on the website of her independence party SNP, two days after leaving the Kingdom. United in the single market and the customs union.
The Scottish Prime Minister has once again expressed his determination to hold a new referendum on Scottish independence, after which he lost his side in 2014, when 55% of Scots voted against it.
But the decision to hold such a referendum rests with the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, who flatly refuses. However, a landslide victory for the SNP in local elections in May next year would pressure London to accept a new popular consultation.
According to the latest poll carried out by the Savanta ComRes institute for The Scotsman newspaper, in mid-December 58% of Scots now support a break with the UK, the highest proportion to date.
If the British voted in total with 51.9% in favor of Brexit in 2016, the Scots were against it with 62%.
“During our nearly 50 years of membership, we have benefited greatly from the four freedoms of the single market, including freedom of movement. More than 230,000 people across Europe have chosen to live in Scotland,” said Nicola Sturgeon.
With Brexit, “our citizens will be less secure and their right to work, study and work in other parts of Europe will be restricted,” Sturgeon added.
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