The UK government will fully use the early elections scheduled for June 8 to minimize the political influence of Scottish nationalists wishing to hold a new referendum on Scotland's independence.
About this in his article for ZN. UA writes Alexey Koval. According to him, the first minister of Scotland Nicola Sterjen believes that early elections were announced by the Prime Minister of Great Britain Theresa May in order to put an end to any opposition in Westminster and to distract the attention of voters from the growing corruption scandal associated with the financing of the campaign of the Conservative Party in 2015 Year.
As the author notes, Sturgeon believes that the political course chosen by Mei should become an alarming signal for the inhabitants of Scotland, who for the most part voted against the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
Against this background, the nationalists began to prepare in Edinburgh a new referendum on the independence of Scotland, which could take place in the midst of negotiations between London and Brussels on Brexit - from the autumn of 2018 to the spring of 2019.
"At the moment only 26% of Scotland support the idea of ??independence, and 46% say they will ignore the referendum. That's why for Sturgeon early elections are not a very pleasant surprise from May. The Scots will vote for the general British parliament elections, and London will make full use of the election to minimize the political influence of the Scottish nationalists, "reads the article.
Koval points out that at the moment in the House of Commons the deputies of the Scottish National Party have 56 mandates, which gives it the right to be called the third largest political force in the country.
"Therefore, the early election of the British Parliament for the supporters of Sturgeon will be a new test on the way to a referendum that could end the centuries-old British unity," concludes the analyst..
Recall, the British Parliament approved the holding of early general elections on June 8. 522 deputies of the House of Commons voted in favor, 13 against.
More details about the purposes of holding early elections in the UK read in the article by Alexei Koval "Elections after BREXIT. Why Teresa May launched the pre-election campaign in the UK prematurely "in the weekly Mirror Week. Ukraine".