British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent a letter to Scottish President Nicola Sturgeon, telling her that “now is not the right time to decide on an independence referendum”, and noted that “I have carefully studied the arguments she made.” for the transfer of power from the British Parliament to the Scottish Parliament for another independence referendum.

“As our country faces unprecedented challenges at home and abroad, I cannot accept that the time has come to answer the question posed by the people of Scotland in 2014,” the statement said.

For her part, Sturgeon responded to this and pointed out that “Scottish democracy will not be held hostage by this prime minister or any other prime minister.”

She previously announced her intention to “hold another independence referendum in 2023, but Johnson said he would not allow a second referendum as the people of Scotland had already expressed their will in 2014, 44.7% voted for independence to 55.3%” . against him, and this would require the approval of the Scottish referendum by the central authorities.