Nicola Sturgeon will launch a new independence campaign on Tuesday, as she said the UK was in a “mess”.
On Tuesday, the first minister will unveil a document comparing the UK’s economic and social performance with the “astounding” success of other European countries and concluding that Scotland must leave the Union.
Speaking before a press conference at her Bute House residence in Edinburgh, she said that in the midst of the cost of living crisis, it was “just the time” to start a new constitutional referendum.
Brexit and Boris Johnson
In an apparent reference to Brexit and Boris Johnson’s premiership, she argued that the Scots would have voted to split the vote in 2014 if they had known what lay ahead.
Ms Sturgeon said a series of later articles would address specific issues such as currency, how to close Scotland’s huge public spending deficit and trade, with experts warning that EU membership would require a firm border with Britain. .
But the first minister gave no indication of when he intends to publish his long-promised bill on the referendum or how a legal vote will be organized without the consent of the UK government.
She said work was under way to explore how a binding referendum could be reached without Boris Johnson transferring the necessary legal powers, but repeatedly declined to give any details.
With Scotland on the NHS, there are huge waiting lists, and Hollywood’s opposition parties have condemned Ms Sturgeon’s “shameful” decision to divert millions of pounds in public money and senior government officials to rebuild her independence cause.
The first minister wants to hold a referendum by the autumn of next year, but a series of opinion polls show that this deadline opposes the majority of Scots.
Why not Scotland?
In an attempt to win them over, she will publish an article entitled Independence in the Modern World. Richer, happier, fairer: Why not Scotland?
She will be joined at the opening by Patrick Harvey, a junior minister and supporter of the Scottish Greens, who support the separation.
This is the first in a series of reports called Building a New Scotland, written by Mrs Sturgeon’s civil servants, who will work together to form an updated prospectus for the break-up of the United Kingdom.
The first document comes after the OECD warned last week that growth in the UK is expected to be the worst in the G20 next year, with the exception of Russia.
Ms Sturgeon said the document was a “stage decorator” and “it is amazing how successful Scotland’s neighbors are compared to the United Kingdom”.
Speaking before the launch, she told BBC Scotland: “Right now no one can look at the UK, the mess it is in now and the prospects for the UK outside the European Union for sure, and conclude anything but Scotland can do better as an independent state.
In fact, if we knew in 2014 everything we know now about the path that the United Kingdom would have taken over the years since then, I have no doubt that Scotland would have voted in favor. [to separation] then.”
She argues that unbundling is needed to help Scotland cope with the cost of living crisis, as it would mean that the country is no longer governed by a ‘UK government committed to a firm Brexit, despite the price”.
“Distraction” of the referendum
But Donald Cameron, the constitutional secretary in the shadow of the Scottish Conservatives, said: “The vast majority of Scots do not want another referendum to be dispelled next year. They want the government to focus 100 percent on our recovery from the pandemic, the global cost of living crisis, supporting our NHS and protecting jobs.
“Still, Nicolas Sturgeon recklessly continues his obsession. It’s nothing but embarrassing when the country is facing so many important challenges. “
Scotland’s trade with the rest of the UK costs more than three times more than EU and Labor warns of independence “will make Brexit look like a walk in the park”.
Sarah Boyc, a spokeswoman for the Scottish Labor Constitution, said: “We need to work together to tackle the crisis in the cost of living now, but instead the SNP-Green government wants to tear us apart.
“It’s a terrible waste of time, energy and money when our public services are cut to the bone.”
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