Scotland Moving Toward New Independence Vote

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has earmarked 19th October, 2023 as a potential date for a second referendum on Scottish independence. Scots were promised a ‘once in a generation opportunity’ to vote for independence in 2014 where the Yes movement narrowly missed out by 55.3% to 44.7%. Recent polls put the matter much more equally balanced with an almost 50-50 split.     Boris Johnson will not want to go down in history as the Conservative leader who spearheaded the breakup of the union, so Westminster will be doing all that it can to keep Scotland within the fold but…