Despite all the media attacks against her, Scottish First
Minister Nicola Sturgeon keeps displaying boldness concerning her clamour to
see Scotland an independent nation from the rest of the UK, saying there “will
be an independence referendum” in Scotland while accusing the Tory Government
of wanting to “go back in time”.
During the just concluded SNP conference in Aberdeen, Mr
Sturgeon announced to the public that there is going to be another independence
referendum, “after the terms of Brexit are clear”.
Sturgeon seem to have backpedalled a bit after she accepted
that, the referendum would only take place after Brexit so that the people of
Scotland could make informed decision. A decision which came after the PM she
is going to ensure no referendum takes place simultaneously with Brexit
negotiations.
She told audience that: “We proposed substantial new powers
for the Scottish government short of independence to protect Scotland in the
UK.
“But instead of meeting us any of the way, Westminster went
the other way.
“Our proposals were met with a brick wall of transience. The
PM’s attitude should worry all of us.
“If she shows the same condescension and inflexibility as
she has to Scotland then the Brexit process will hit the rocks.
“Of course that’s the outcome that hardline Brexiteers are
agitating for but it would be in no one’s interest.
“Let me say this to the PM. Stop putting the interests of
the right-wing of your party ahead of the interests of the rest of our
country.”
Ms Sturgeon stated that because Mrs May declined to “budge
an inch” she had to make a decision in which she could have gone down the easy
route, “hoping for the best but knowing the worst is far more likely”.
However, she said: “Or I could make a plan to put the
Scottish people in charge of our future. I choose to put the people in charge.”
She accused the Tory Government of being dominated “by the
likes of Boris Johnson and Liam Fox”.
She added: “They are deluding themselves about rebuilding
the empire and re-floating the Royal Yacht Britannia.
“It seems they want to go back in time.”
Not willing to just attack the Conservatives, Ms Sturgeon
also attacked the Labour Party.
She said: "Scotland's future must be Scotland's choice.
"To stand in the way of a ref would deny us that
choice. The path of our choice would be determined not by us but for us.
"By an increasingly right-wing Brexit obsessed Tory
government, which some people predict will be in power until 2030 and beyond,
thanks in no small part to the embarrassing shambles Labour has become."
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