Sturgeon boasts she has 'time' on her side for a second Scottish referendum

Sturgeon boasts she has 'time' on her side for a second Scottish referendum
RUSSELL CHEYNE
George McMillan

By George McMillan


Published: 08/10/2021

- 09:56

Updated: 08/10/2021

- 10:00

The First Minister said “I’ve got democracy on my side...if they think it’s about playing a waiting game, I’ve probably got time on my side as well".

Nicola Sturgeon has been slammed for recent comments made on Scottish independence, suggesting another referendum was possible as she has "time" on her side.

Speaking to the Financial Times The First Minister said “I can’t look ahead and tell you exactly how this constitutional impasse is going to resolve itself, but it will resolve itself ‑ and it will resolve itself on the side of democracy, because actually, the alternative is pretty unthinkable.


“I’ve got democracy on my side...if they think it’s about playing a waiting game, I’ve probably got time on my side as well.

“You look at the demographics of the support for independence ‑ well, I’m not sure that’s going to get you out of this conundrum".

The First Minister was refused the power to hold a second independence referendum in 2023 by Boris Johnson.

Anti-independence group Scotland in Union's Chief executive Pamela Nash, said: “Nicola Sturgeon’s interview shows how utterly obsessed she is with constitutional division rather than being focused on her government’s failings.

“And while she is less blunt, she is also making the same distasteful argument that her colleagues have repeatedly made about waiting for older Scots to die in the hope that this will deliver separation".

Nash continued “The reality is that our younger generation are more interconnected than ever and want solutions for the future that will tackle challenges like climate change - not tired old constitutional arguments from the past.”

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