Johnson told Scottish leader Sturgeon that there was no time to deal with the question of a referendum

In the message, Johnson noted that he had studied Sturgeon's arguments for holding another referendum on independence.

“As our country faces unprecedented challenges at home and abroad, I cannot accept that now is the time to revisit a question that the people of Scotland already gave a clear answer to in 2014,” the prime minister said in his letter. published in his Twitter leader of Scotland.

Sturgeon herself noted that Scotland will not be "hostage to this or any other prime minister."