LONDON, Aug 20 — Scotland’s ruling party today announced a landmark power-sharing deal for a pro-independence majority in the devolved parliament in Edinburgh, catapulting the Greens into their first ministerial positions in UK politics. The agreement between the Scottish National Party (SNP)...
LONDON, Aug 20 — Scotland’s ruling party today announced a landmark power-sharing deal for a pro-independence majority in the devolved parliament in Edinburgh, catapulting the Greens into their first ministerial positions in UK politics.
The deal promises to deliver another referendum before the end of the first half of the current parliamentary session in 2024, if the coronavirus crisis had ended. “For my part, I am determined there will be an independence referendum in this parliament,” she said at a joint press conference at her Edinburgh residence, Bute House.“We also in this agreement reaffirm our shared commitment to securing independence.”Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie hailed the agreement as a “historic moment” but insisted the two parties would retain their “distinctive voices”.
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