Brexit chaos spurs renewed Scottish drive for independence vote

Bloomberg

The leader of Scotland’s pro-independence government vowed to push for another vote on leaving the UK within two years to protect the country from the consequences of Brexit.
Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of the semi-autonomous administration in Edinburgh, said the political system in London had failed Scotland, ignoring its vote to stay in the European Union and
undermining the powers already granted to the Scottish Parliament.
She aims to hold a vote within the lifetime of the current parliament, or by 2021, and called on the legislature to unite in the “national interest” and uphold democracy.
“The Westminster system of government simply doesn’t serve Scotland’s interests,” she said in a speech on Brexit and Scotland’s future. “The case for Scottish independence is stronger than ever.”
Sturgeon has been under pressure from factions within her Scottish National Party (SNP) to lay out a vision for another vote on independence as Brexit tears apart British politics.