- United Kingdom: Scotland will ask London for an independence referendum after the elections
"Independence is closer than ever, independence can be touched," Scotland's Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon proclaimed this Saturday in his reappearance at the head of a secessionist demonstration in Glasgow, for the first time since the 2014 referendum.
With an eye on the December 12 elections, Sturgeon has asked for support for a new sovereignist consultation in 2020, taking advantage of the comeback in Scottish National Party polls and the sinking of conservatives and Labor: "We will have the chance to escape to mess with Brexit and decide our own future. "
Thousands of protesters have joined the independence act in a sea of blue flags in the emblematic George Square, the same square that hosted the last nationalist strike after the victory of the 'no' in the independence referendum (55% to 45% of votes).
The act, enlivened by the well-known bagpipes and Scottish skirts, has nevertheless been much more dazzled than anticipated, far from the long march of Edinburgh that drove the 2014 referendum.
In the end, George Square registered a medium capacity under the intermittent rain and there were serious sound problems that prevented listening to the speeches. The sovereignty concentration also coincided with two other acts of 'loyalist' protesters (armed with Union Jacks) who threatened a war of flags and forced the land to be brought to the police.
The latest polls reflect an endorsement of the independence of almost half of the Scots . The fatigue of the referendum has given way to a relative and renewed momentum under the unified banner of 'All Under One Banner', backed by Sturgeon herself as she passes through Glasgow.
"The next elections are the most important that Scotland has faced in modern times," proclaimed the nationalist leader. "We are completely fed up with the mess in Westminster. Much is at stake and we are entitled to demand a better future for Scotland".
The latest polls give the SNP a 43% support of the popular vote, enough to achieve up to 50 deputies. The resignation of Ruth Davidson, incompatible with Boris Johnson, has plunged the Conservative Party in the meantime, hovering around 20%. Jeremy Corbyn has also paid dearly for his lack of definition against Brexit: Labor comes back to the bottom in Scotland (15%), with the Liberal Democrats on their heels (12%).
"They have left Scotland totally marginalized these last two years, they have denied us the voice throughout the Brexit process and now they are reaping the harvest," sentenced three voices Sheila Mitchell, Violet Wark and Mary Leighton , the three grandmothers of the renewed ' Yes', displaying his banner on a George Square bench.
"We are here defending the rights of our grandchildren, of the next generations, so that they have their guaranteed future in Europe," proclaims Sheila, who claims to have dropped last year through Catalonia to support independence.
The 'esteladas' Catalan made their way between the crosses of San Andrés. Callum McGrey , 23, a student at Strathclyde University, wore both flags on the same mast. "Our struggle is the same, and it is a bit sad to see the attitude of the European Union in all this," he lamented. "Hopefully our second vote will occur at the same time as a first referendum in Catalonia. 2020 will be the year of double independence."
Nicola Sturgeon has, however, an arduous road ahead to launch the already baptized as # indyref2 . The nationalist leader hopes to take advantage of the impulse of a predictable good result in 12D to seek the approval in Westminster of a new sovereignty consultation and seek the support of the Labor Party.
The conservative leader has already anticipated his rejection of a second referendum and recalled what David Cameron once said: "The question of Scotland's independence has been settled for a generation."
The lack of popularity of Johnson and the open crisis within the party after the resignation of the moderate Davidson makes fear a debacle in Scotland of the Conservative Party, under the provisional leadership of Jackson Carlaw .
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