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Sunday, 09 May 2021_Scottish nationalists have vowed to hold an independence vote after pro-independence parties won a majority in Scotland’s parliament on Saturday.
The win would pave the way to a legal and constitutional battle with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the future of the United Kingdom.
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon promised to push for a second independence referendum once the coronavirus pandemic is over.
She also noted that it would be outrageous if Johnson were to try to ignore what she referred to as the democratic will of the people.
"There is simply no democratic justification whatsoever for Boris Johnson, or indeed for anyone else, seeking to block the right of the people of Scotland to choose our own future," Sturgeon said.
"It is the will of the country," she added after her Scottish National Party (SNP) was returned for a fourth consecutive term in office.
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