Scotland Will Seek Independence Vote Regardless of UK Consent

  • Sturgeon reignites campaign to leave UK with policy papers
  • The target is a referendum in 2023, but the UK is refusing
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she will push ahead with a vote on independence by whatever legal means possible as her government tries to reinvigorate the campaign to leave the UK.

Her Scottish National Party administration published the first in a series of papers that together will form the “prospectus for how an independent Scotland would work.” They will look at the economy, currency and comparative prospects with other smaller European countries.