Ten years after referendum
Expert: Scottish independence not but a achieved deal
In polls, supporters and opponents of independence stay roughly equal. (Archive picture) Photo
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In 2014, the Scots voted on their independence. They narrowly voted in opposition to it. Ten years later, the problem has pale into the background. But it has not disappeared.
According to a political skilled, the will for independence in Scotland stays unbroken even ten years after the referendum on secession from the United Kingdom. In surveys, nearly half of Scots are nonetheless in favor of it, says Kirsty Hughes from the Scottish Centre on European Relations assume tank in an interview with the German Press Agency. In youthful age teams, that is even a transparent majority.
Ten years in the past immediately – on September 18, 2014 – the Scots voted in opposition to secession in a referendum by 55 p.c to 45 p.c. Since then, the proportion of these in favor of independence has elevated barely, and at occasions there was even a slim majority within the polls.
Public debate presently revolves round different points
This reality will not be affected by declining help for the Scottish Independence Party (SNP), which suffered a bitter defeat within the latest British parliamentary elections.
Expert Hughes subsequently believes that the matter is way from being put to relaxation, even when the Labour authorities – like its Conservative predecessor – considers the problem to be closed and the general public debate is presently revolving round different points such because the ailing well being system and the financial scenario.
“I think the only way to get another referendum is for the numbers to rise and for it to become a genuine democratic issue,” says Hughes.
If the proportion of supporters in polls will increase to 60 p.c or extra, the problem could be onerous to disregard. “And I wouldn't rule out that happening in the next ten years,” she provides.
Hughes believes that the independence motion might obtain a brand new enhance if the query of secession from Great Britain gained momentum in Northern Ireland.
Former Prime Minister Sturgeon is assured
Former Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who is taken into account the best-known face of the independence motion, expressed confidence that the separation would succeed. “I am as confident as ever that we will achieve this goal, and more quickly than currently seems likely,” Sturgeon wrote in a visitor article for the Daily Record newspaper. “And when we do that, we will begin in earnest to build a better Scotland.”
According to a ruling by the Supreme Court in London, the British central authorities must conform to a brand new referendum. However, it stresses that the 2014 referendum was a one-off affair. Those in favour of secession, however, argue that Brexit has modified the scenario. In the 2016 Brexit referendum, a transparent majority of Scots strictly rejected Britain's exit from the EU.
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