Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has kicked off a new campaign for independence as she claimed her government has an “indisputable democratic mandate” for another referendum.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) leader released a document on Tuesday, laying out the economic and social differences between Scotland and other small countries, attributing the deficit to not having the full powers of an independent country.
She recalled that when she was re-elected as first minister last May it was on a “clear commitment to give the people of Scotland the choice of becoming an independent country.”
Sturgeon also noted there is a “decisive majority” in the Scottish Parliament in favour of independence, arguing as a result that the regional legislature has an “indisputable democratic mandate.”…