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Scotland’s Prime Minister wants a second independence referendum in early 2021 – The Times

The Scottish Prime Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, called for a second independence referendum “in the first part” of the next legislature, in his interview with BBC News before the SNP virtual conference, which begins on Saturday.

Featured statements made to The Times:

“I think that he referendum should, for many reasons, be held in the first part of the next parliament“.

“I intend to say more about this before the elections in our manifesto, but we are still in a global pandemic that I feel a little more hopeful of seeing the end of than just a couple of months ago.”

“There is still a lot of uncertainty ahead. I am a lifelong believer, an activist and an advocate for independence, but at the moment I am also the Prime Minister of Scotland.”

“My responsibility is the health and well-being of the country and trying to lead it during a pandemic and I’m very focused on that.”

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