British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that this is “not the time” for a second referendum on Scottish independence, but Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said a new vote cannot be stopped if Thursday’s local elections produce a pro-referendum majority in the Scottish Parliament. Johnson said, “I think most people in Scotland, most people around the whole of the UK, feel that this is not the time, as we’re coming forwards out of a pandemic together, this is not the time to have a reckless, and I think irresponsible second referendum.” “We had one only a few years ago. I think what most people want is to focus on the country and taking it forward and rebuilding our economy, getting people into work—that seems to me the priority for the country,” he said while campaigning for local elections in Stourbridge, the West Midlands. In a referendum held in …
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