You can’t force Scotland to remain in UK against its will, minister warns PM

•Opposition leader apologises for election defeat

Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday that he could not keep Scotland in the United Kingdom against the country’s will.
Johnson and his government have repeatedly said they will not give the go ahead for another referendum on Scottish independence, but Sturgeon said after the Scottish National Party won 48 of Scotland’s 59 seats in the UK parliament, her party had been given a mandate for one.
“If he thinks … saying no is the end of the matter then he is going to find himself completely and utterly wrong,” Sturgeon told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show.
“You cannot hold Scotland in the union against its will … If the United Kingdom is to continue it can only be by consent. And if Boris Johnson is confident in the case for the union then he should be confident enough to make that case and allow people to decide.”
Meanwhile, Britain’s main opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn apologised yesterday for waging a disastrous campaign that handed Johnson a mandate to take the UK out of the European Union next month.

But the veteran socialist defended his far-left platform and blamed the media for helping relegate his century-old party to its worst performance since before World War II. “I will make no bones about it. The election result on Thursday was a body blow for everyone who so desperately needs real change in our country,” Corbyn wrote in the Sunday Mirror newspaper.
“I wanted to unite the country that I love but I’m sorry that we came up short and I take my responsibility for it.” Thursday’s snap general election turned into a re-run of the 2016 EU membership referendum in which Johnson championed the Brexit cause.
Johnson now commands an 80-vote majority in the 650-seat House of Commons, a margin last enjoyed by the late Tory icon Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. A sombre but combative Corbyn said Friday that he will step aside once Labour completes a period of “reflection” about its mistakes.
The party is expected to have a new leader in place before England votes yet again in local polls in May. Yet the 70-year-old has no clear successor after a year of infighting between a protectionist old guard backed by the unions and more metropolitan members with pro-European views.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/15/uk-pm-johnson-cannot-keep-scotland-in-union-against-its-will---sturgeon.html

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Like Seriously, I'm one person who is still surprise that Scotland is still part of UK.

This is how things are done in a civilised country, you dont force anyone to stay in any country they dont want to be in and you keep the door of referendum open.

This is Britain, the country that created Nigeria. But they are not saying "one Britain forever". Scotland is now looking for its second referendum in 5 years.

But if it is in Nigeria that you say you want a referendum, they will start shouting "one Nigeria", send python dance after you and declare you a terrorist

It's been long Scotland have being trying to break out the control of the British Monarch Queen head and by extension UK.

This is the 21st century no country want to be under the control of any country, once the Scots are successful the likes of Wales will love to follow suit.

The French are behind that. Remember how Napoleon I tried to bring Russia to his side for a continental blockade against UK.