LONDON(UK) – The governing Conservative Party’s Scottish leader will level accusations against the nation’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, on Monday of putting her “party before pandemic”. It was pointed out that the timing of her plans to hold a second independence vote was completely baseless.
Sturgeon said this month she was looking forward to a strong performance by her Scottish National Party (SNP) in an election in May, which would in turn give her the authority to hold a second referendum.
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross will say, according to excerpts of his speech, “We are living under a national lockdown and in the middle of a global pandemic … It is the duty of all politicians to come together and focus on the national interest in a time of crisis.”
He said, “There is no getting away from it, the timing of this plan is reckless and irresponsible. She has put party before pandemic, and risked damaging trust in the government when it is needed most,”
The SNP has put forward an 11-point roadmap so as to make plans for a second referendum, saying it would “vigorously oppose” any legal challenge from the British government.
Scotland voted to be with the United Kingdom in 2014 but opinion polls indicate that many in the nation now favour of independence.
Unlike in England and Wales, a majority of voters in Scotland were seen backing that they stay in the EU during the 2016 Brexit referendum.
Johnson’s Conservatives, much like the main opposition Labour Party, have a challenge ahead of him to win back voters in Scotland.
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