No. 10 rejects the independence vote
Her silence on the key issue came as Downing Street again rejected the case for an independence vote. “The position of the United Kingdom Government is that now is not the time to talk about another referendum,” said a spokesman for the Prime Minister. Mr Johnson said the Scottish people had voted “No” in a referendum “just a few years ago, in recent memory” and urged Ms Sterzon to “respect it”. He said: “I think we also need to focus on what I think the people of the whole of the UK – Scotland, England, everyone – want to see, what our economic position is, the impact of Covid on the country and beyond. after the Covid we face. “ Mr Spencer went further, telling the Commons that “the time in a generation I think is definitely not five years, I think it would be closer to 25 years before it needs to be re-examined”. A spokesman for No. 10 distanced himself from the timetable, saying: “Although I do not think there is a specific government definition, I’m sure we are united in our view that now is not the time to talk about another referendum.”
Sturgeon reveals documents on independence
Ms Sturgeon used a press conference at her home in Bute House in Edinburgh to reveal the first of a series of documents drawn up by her civil servants, which together will form a new independence newsletter.
