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LONDON. — Scotland should have the right to hold a new referendum on independence if the country is taken out of the European Union “against our will”, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) said yesterday.
Facing a British referendum on whether to stay in the European Union on June 23, Nicola Sturgeon used her party’s manifesto before the election for the Scottish parliament next month to make clear that she wanted another independence vote in Scotland. There should be such a referendum, she said, “if there is clear and sustained evidence that independence has become the preferred option of a majority of the Scottish people”.
“Or if there is a significant and material change in the circumstances that prevailed in 2014, such as Scotland being taken out of the EU against our will,” Sturgeon, who leads Scotland’s devolved government, said in a statement. — Reuters.
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