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Scottish leader to speak on 2nd independence referendum

Scottish leader to speak on 2nd independence referendum | iNFOnews.ca
FILE- In this Monday, June 12, 2017. file photo, Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland and the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) talks to the media as she meets new SNP Members of Parliament in Parliament Square, Westminster, London. Sturgeon says she is postponing plans to seek a second independence referendum, saying she said she would revisit the issue when the terms of Britain's departure from the European Union become clearer. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

LONDON – Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is set to outline her position on holding a second independence referendum at the Scottish Parliament later Tuesday.

Sturgeon said in March that a second vote on whether Scotland should break away from the rest of the United Kingdom should be held between late 2018 and early 2019 to give Scots an alternative to Brexit. The majority of Scots had backed staying in the European Union in last year’s EU referendum.

But Sturgeon has had to reconsider because her Scottish National Party lost 21 of its 54 seats in the national Parliament in the general election on June 8.

Reports have suggested that she will put her demand for a second independence referendum on hold to focus on backing a softer approach to Brexit.

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