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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday reaffirmed his opposition to holding a new referendum on Scottish independence, eagerly desired by the head of the Scottish government, who wants Scotland, once independent, to join the European Union. , informs Agerpres.
“In my experience, referenda in this country are not particularly happy events,” Boris Johnson told the BBC, referring to the deep divisions caused by the 2016 referendum on Britain’s exit from the EU, which won 52%. from the pro-Brexit camp. , reports AFP.
In 1975, the British were consulted about keeping their country in the EEC (European Economic Community). Forty-one years away seems “a good gap,” said Boris Johnson. For the Conservative leader, referenda should only be allowed “once in a generation.”
Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Saturday that he hoped Scotland would gain independence and could “join” the European Union, emphasizing that Brexit was against the will of the Scots, who opposed the majority (62% ). ) at this rate in the 2016 referendum.
He reiterated his determination to hold a new referendum on Scottish independence, after which he lost his camp in 2014, when 55% of Scots voted against.
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 Scottish National Party (SNP, pro-independence, led by Nicola Sturgeon) in the local elections in May next year would pressure London to accept a new popular consultation.
According to the latest survey by the Savanta ComRes institute for The Scotsman newspaper in mid-December, 58% of Scots now claim an unprecedented break with the UK.
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Poll: Johnson could lose his parliamentary seat and absolute majority in the next election
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would lose his absolute majority and even his own seat if general elections were held in the United Kingdom, in which neither the Conservatives nor Labor would win an absolute majority, according to a poll published this Sunday by Focaldata. by Reuters and EFE.
The survey provides a first detailed look at public perception of how Prime Minister Johnson handled the difficult post-Brexit negotiations with the European Union and the coronavirus crisis, with more than 50,000 COVID-19 cases daily, according to Agerpres.
The Conservatives would lose 81 seats, according to the poll, evaporating most of the 80 they won at the polls in the last elections of 2019. The prime minister risks losing his seat in the constituency of Uxbridge and Ruislip South in the west. . From london.
The ruling Conservative Party would win 284 seats and Labor, the main opposition group, would have 282 deputies.
Regarding the percentage of votes, Labor would be ahead, with 37.7% of the votes; the conservatives would receive 35.6% of the votes; Liberal Democrats 8.7% and Green Party 6.9%.
The Scottish National Party, which wants to secede from the rest of the UK, is expected to win 57 of Scotland’s 59 seats, meaning the party could play a crucial role in shaping the next government.
The poll also shows that the Thorians would lose seats in enclaves in northern England, which, despite being traditionally Labor, shifted their loyalties in 2019 to support the Tories, becoming the key to Johnson’s outright majority. .
Johnson scored a landslide election victory last year that allowed him to permanently remove Britain from the European Union after nearly half a century of close ties, Reuters reports. But the prime minister may be increasingly weighed down by the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has already killed more than 74,000 people and shattered the economy.
“One year after the extraordinary victory in the general election, it is clear that the Conservatives already have a lot of work to do if they want to reproduce the success of 2019 in the next election,” said Justin Ibbett, Focaldata founder.
More than 22,000 people were interviewed in four weeks in December, constituency by constituency, in a survey conducted by the profiling company Focaldata and published by the Sunday Times.
Hearing the survey data, conservative supporters commented on social media that the social survey was conducted before the Brexit deal was announced on December 24.
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