Hugging, indoor meetings to resume in Scotland next week
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12 May 2021, 02:05 GMT+10
LONDON, May 11 (Xinhua) People in Scotland will be able to hug and meet in each other s homes from Monday next week as the region continues to ease COVID-19 restrictions, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced Tuesday. Most of Scotland will move to Level Two restrictions, which will also allow pubs and restaurants to sell alcohol indoor, according to Sturgeon. I actually feel a wee bit emotional saying this. from Monday, as long as you stay within permitted limits, you can hug your loved ones again, she said.
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Election results heighten tensions over Scottish independence By Julian Shea in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-05-10 06:22 Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon arrives at Glasgow counting centre in the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain May 7, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he wants to meet the devolved political leaders of Scotland and Wales to address the issue of post-COVID recovery in the aftermath of this week s local elections across Great Britain, but results have only deepened existing divisions, especially between Westminster and Scotland.
In the 2016 Brexit referendum, Scotland voted by 62 percent to 38 to remain in the European Union, but with the overall United Kingdom result being 52 percent voting to leave, there is widespread resentment in Scotland at being dragged out against the will of its people.
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A vote on Scottish independence would be realistic in the first half of its new five-year parliament.
That is according to the country s Trade Minister Ivan McKee, who is also a member of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
Following elections there over the weekend, party leader, and Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon said a second independence referendum is a matter of when - not if .
In speech on Saturday, she said a referendum is a commitment made to the people by a majority of the MSPs [Members of the Scottish Parliament] who will take their seats in our national parliament next week.
Scottish Leader Nicola Sturgeon Weighing Independence Vote for Country in 2022
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday that Scotland s independence referendum is inevitable and that a vote could come soon.
Sturgeon said she wouldn t rule out legislation paving the way for a vote at the beginning of 2022, a move Johnson has called reckless in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The Scottish National Party (SNP) leader, coming off her fourth consecutive parliamentary win, said that while Scotland s recovery is an immediate priority, a vote to break away from Britain is a matter of when, not if. Results from Scotland s local elections last Thursday show that the SNP took 64 of 129 seats in the Parliament.