Scottish Nationalists Vow New Independence Vote From UK After Election Success

Scottish Nationalists Vow New Independence Vote From UK After Election Success
Scotland's First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) Nicola Sturgeon reacts after being declared the winner of the Glasgow Southside seat at Glasgow counting centre in the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, on May 7, 2021. Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images
|Updated:

GLASGOW, Scotland—Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon vowed on Saturday to press ahead with plans for a new referendum on leaving the United Kingdom after saying there was no doubt elections to the Scottish parliament would return a pro-independence majority.

In a rebuke to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who has said he would block a secession vote, Sturgeon said it would be absurd for any politician in London to try to block a vote.