He says the Westminster government is violating international law and treating the issues of the day badly. “In the coming weeks and months we will make the positive case for independence,” he said. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab says “this is not the time for another referendum, given the challenges we face as a United Kingdom”. He says the people of Scotland want “their two governments to work together”. Mr Blackford says the government “has no right to block Scottish democracy” and says the Scottish Conservative leader has said in the past that more votes for the SNP meant another vote for independence, which they did. then the Scottish voters. Deputy Prime Minister Dominique Raab says Mr Blackford is a “storyteller” and that the Scots are facing a “huge tax burden” and that Scotland has worse-performing schools than England and Wales. He says he believes Scotland deserves better.