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From the Financial Times: "Just six years after Scotland voted No to independence, opinion polls suggest that if a second referendum on the issue was held, a majority would now back leaving the UK." (THREAD) https://www.ft.com/content/2420501f-0304-4017-bfc5-46e56d325547
Oxford Professor Ben Jackson says the argument for Scottish independence is a democratic one.
Tory ministers saw the issue of Scottish independence as a "distraction", until Michael Gove held a meeting to explain that if the Union broke up, the current Tory Government would be unlikely to stay in office.Rishi Sunak said "I now understand why this is so important."
Michael Gove's strategy to save the union includes sending UK Government ministers to Scotland, to show they are "routinely engaged in Scottish affairs"...
But Boris Johnson "doesn't see Sturgeon as an equal" and refused to engage with aspects of Gove's plan. At the same time his government are using Brexit as an excuse to grab powers reserved for the Scottish Parliament.
The Tory Government have dismissed any "new vision for the UK" that involves federalism or scrapping the House of Lords.
They are also pressing ahead with Brexit - which Scotland voted strongly against - on December 31st, 2020.
Privately, many Tories admit that, if the SNP wins a majority on a clear manifesto of another referendum, refusing a vote is unsustainable in the long run.
"For now, there is a whiff of desperation about some UK Government ideas for shoring up the union."
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