U.K. Supreme Court says Scotland can’t hold independence referendum - The Washington Post

The tribunal sided with the British government, which argued that connected “fundamental matters” — similar the destiny of the national — the powerfulness is held by the British Parliament sitting successful the Palace of Westminster successful London.

The British authorities — nether premier minsters Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and present Rishi Sunak — has been opposed to a 2nd referendum.

The authorities did let a referendum successful 2014, successful which a bulk of Scots voted to stay successful the United Kingdom, by a borderline of 55 percent to 45 percent.

The independency question was analyzable 2 years aboriginal successful the June 2016 ballot implicit Brexit — successful which the Scots powerfully backed remaining successful the European Union, by 62 percent to 38 percent.

Johnson argued that the 2014 referendum was “a erstwhile successful a generation” ballot and that the contented was settled.

Speaking successful the House of Commons connected Wednesday, Sunak called the tribunal ruling “clear and definitive,” and said the Scottish enactment should pivot to much pressing challenges, specified arsenic fixing the National Health Service and helping the economy.

First curate of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, had been pushing for a referendum successful October adjacent year. Sturgeon leads the Scottish National Party, the nation’s largest vote-getter, which seeks independence, and she says determination is an “undisputed mandate” to person different vote.

Her authorities has laid retired successful reports the reasons it believes Scotland should present beryllium — much than ever — abstracted from the United Kingdom. Among them? So Scotland could rejoin the European Union.

After the ruling, Sturgeon issued a statement, saying she respected the Supreme Court, but added it “doesn’t marque law, lone interprets it.”

In a tweet, Sturgeon said, “a instrumentality that doesn’t let Scotland to take our ain aboriginal without Westminster consent exposes arsenic story immoderate conception of the UK arsenic a voluntary concern & makes lawsuit for Indy,” the abbreviated manus for a 2nd referendum.

“Scottish ideology volition not beryllium denied,” she said. “Today’s ruling blocks 1 way to Scotland’s dependable being heard connected independency — but successful a ideology our dependable cannot and volition not beryllium silenced.”

At a quality conference, Sturgeon said that the adjacent wide election, scheduled to beryllium held nary aboriginal than January 2025, should service arsenic a “de facto referendum” connected independence. Exactly however that would enactment remains unclear.