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Should Scotland be an independent country?

At least for now, a replay of the 2014 independence vote is the last thing the country needs

The Scottish National Party may not really want an actual independence battle just yet, but a political dust-up would help it with independence-minded Scots at the ballot box. | REUTERS

By Therese Raphael
Bloomberg

Jul 3, 2022

Should Scotland leave the United Kingdom?

Scots voted "no” to that question eight years ago. But Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants to put it to them again next year: She announced a new independence vote on Oct. 19, 2023.

She knows the bid to take her case to the U.K. Supreme Court is a long shot. And a referendum wouldn’t necessarily be in her Scottish National Party’s best interest — at current polling, the SNP would lose the vote, and what then would the point be of the party at all?

Should Scotland be an independent country?

At least for now, a replay of the 2014 independence vote is the last thing the country needs

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