Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says her country will decide on a fresh drive for independence from the United Kingdom as soon as it is known on what bases and rules Britain will leave the European Union.
Sturgeon said Sunday that as soon as she sees what kind of Brexit deal British Prime Minister Theresa May will reach with the EU, Scotland will decide on what it should do on the way for independence from the rest of the UK.
“When Theresa May comes back and says ‘I’ve got the deal’ we will judge that … it looks as if it might be November, I will set out my views on the next step at that stage,” Sturgeon told BBC while referring to May’s ongoing negotiations with Brussels which is expected to end in a deal in the coming weeks.
Scots supporting independence from Britain failed to emerge victorious from a referendum in 2014 in which some 55 percent of the voters voted for…