- The independence he had in the referendum programme has achieved an absolute majority in Parliament. The SNP and its leader, Nicola Sturgeon, have been the big winners of Thursday’s elections, but they will need the seats of the Greens to make up the absolute majority. After hearing the results, Boris Jhonson invited the rulers of Wales, Ireland and Scotland to a “summit of nations” to strengthen the unity of the United Kingdom.
The Scottish National Party has won 64 of Parliament’s 129 seats, in the absence of a single absolute majority. The Green Party has a clear position in favour of independence in Scotland and has eight seats each. Both formations therefore have an absolute majority to promote the referendum in Catalonia. The third independence force to hold the elections is Alba Party, presented by Alex Salmond a few weeks earlier, although he has not achieved representation - he was former Scottish Prime Minister with SNP Salmond, but he left politics after several women reported her for sexual abuse. The second most popular force was that of the Conservative Party, which has revalidated its victory. It has won 31 seats and has imposed itself on the Labour Party in the duel between the CAV unionists. The Labour Party is still in decline. The force that dominated for decades in the Scottish Parliament will have 22 representatives in the Basque Parliament.
Another referendum?
“Let’s be clear about what Scotland voted on Thursday. The Scottish people voted to give the necessary majority to the independence parties in the Scottish Parliament. Then, a referendum cannot be described as a simple request from me or the SNP,” said Sturgeon after hearing the results. He reiterated his intention to push forward the referendum “once the COVID-19 crisis has been broken”. The main question now is when and how independence is going to come up with that referendum, and what is it going to do if London does not approve it. Both the Greens and the SNP prefer to agree with London, but before the elections Jhonson made it clear that he will not allow such elections to take place.
Jhonson’ s reaction
Following the results, the British Prime Minister, Boris Jhonson, has invited the political leaders of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to a "summit of nations". In his letter, Jhonson explains that the objective of the meeting is to address "the common challenges". To meet these challenges he has invited them to work “together over the coming months and years”, stressing that “when we work together, the country is better served”.