Boris Johnson said he would not allow a new referendum on the independence of Scotland while he was Prime Minister of Great Britain. The head of government said this on Sunday in an interview with Sky News.
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" “I don’t think that people in this country believe that referenda is a great thing for harmony,” the head of government said.
The first Minister of Scotland, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nikola Sturgeon, has repeatedly stated that before the end of the year she will require London to vest Edinburgh with the legal right to hold a referendum on the independence of the region. Before Christmas, celebrated in the UK on December 25, she intends to send a request to London in accordance with Section 30 of the Scottish Act of 1998. Under this section, the UK Parliament must give the region the right to hold a referendum. This requires the consent of three state institutions: the Scottish Parliament, the lower and upper houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.