• Referendum.Nicola Sturgeon: "Scotland's independence is getting closer"

The British Prime Minister, the conservative Boris Johnson, said Sunday that he will not accept a petition to hold a new referendum on the independence of Scotland if he is re-elected as head of the United Kingdom Government in the elections on 12 December.

Questioned in an interview with the chain "Sky News" about whether it contemplates the possibility of a second plebiscite, as claimed by Scottish chief minister, Nicola Sturgeon, Johnson replied: "No, I do not want one."

"I do not think that the people of this country think that the referendum is the best to maintain harmony. We already made one in 2014 " in Scotland, said the prime minister. "The British and the Scots were told in 2014 that it was a unique event in a generation," he added.

Five years ago, 55% of Scotland's voters chose to remain in the United Kingdom, compared to 45%, who opted for independence .

In 2012, the then British Prime Minister, also conservative David Cameron , had agreed with the former Scottish chief minister Alex Salmond a legal change that allowed the consultation to be held.

Sturgeon, leader of the Nationalist Party of Scotland (SNP), advanced this week that he intends to ask London for the necessary powers to organize a new referendum after the December general elections.

At the beginning of the electoral campaign, Sturgeon said that a good result of his formation at the polls will be interpreted as a support in favor of that referendum , so he asked for voter support "to ensure that the voice of Scotland is heard ".

Since the victory of Brexit in 2016, the SNP has defended the holding of a new referendum, considering that the departure of the European Union changes the conditions on which the Scots had decided to remain in the United Kingdom two years earlier.

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