They spoke at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. His Majesty is in the Scottish capital for Holyrood Week and attended the Key Ceremony on Monday. Before meeting with the monarch, Sturgeon said she had done “the responsible thing” as she sought a new vote to secede from the United Kingdom. He also questioned whether the right to call a new referendum belonged to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. And he accused Boris Johnson of disrespecting democracy and not following the rule of law. He told Sky News that there was stronger support for a new referendum in the Holyrood parliament than for Brexit in the Westminster parliament. When told that a referendum was not the prerogative of a decentralized government, Ms Sturgeon told Kay Burley: . “This is what we are seeking, through the decision of Lord Advocate in Scotland, to obtain – a judicial determination of this point.” He added, however, that such a legal argument “would not be necessary, of course, if Boris Johnson and the United Kingdom government simply respected democracy and agreed in the process to hold a referendum beyond legal doubt.” Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 10:40 Sturgeon for draft referendum in Scotland Ms Sturgeon continued: “I’m doing the responsible thing – a referendum must be legal. “I am not like Boris Johnson, who of course violates international law with his actions on the Northern Ireland Protocol. “I respect the rule of law, that is why we are following the path I set out yesterday – this is the responsible thing we must do. “But I also respect democracy. The Scottish Republic cannot be a prisoner of Boris Johnson or any Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. “The people of Scotland must have the right to choose.” Ms Sturgeon has set a date of October 19, 2023 for a “consultative referendum”. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:04 “Fiction” of the union if the referendum is blocked “The referendum was once in a generation” However, Labor Secretary Lisa Nandy said Ms Sterzon “has a brass neck”. She told Sky News: “She and her friends in the SNP were the ones who said that the independence referendum (in 2014) was an opportunity for every generation to settle the issue.” Ms Nandy continued: “What he has done in the last 24 hours has nothing to do with the interests of Scotland, it has to do with the interests of the SNP. “He is making an election offer. There are 700,000 people on waiting lists in Scotland for NHS treatment. “If I were in charge in Scotland, I would look very seriously at how to deal with this crisis. This is one thing that keeps families in Scotland awake at night and she should focus on that.” In this regard, Ms. Sturgeon accused the British administration of limiting the findings. He said Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and parts of England were suffering from “a chancellor who pursues austerity rather than investment”. “We would be better able to deal with the support of our public services if we are responsible for all the levers that effectively determine the environment and the economic situation in which we operate,” he added. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:04 “Dissociative” pressure for a new independence referendum “Sterzon knows time is running out” Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace said Ms Sterzon was in a road race against time. He told Sky News: “The problem for Nicola is that time is running out and I think she knows it. “Despite all the twists and turns she makes about the divorce, she knows that every day that passes is (is) further away from her referendum.” Mr Wallace said the split had “erupted for the first time” and “people feel that belonging to the UK is probably a better choice”. He added: “If you look at COVID, the scale of support in Scotland could only have been handed over by a political union.”
