Theresa May’s government has faced down Nicola Sturgeon over a new Scottish independence referendum, ruling out a second vote until well after the UK leaves the EU in 2019 at the earliest.
The UK government’s rejection of the Scottish first minister’s call for a referendum before or shortly after Brexit raises the stakes of Scotland’s constitutional debate and risks turning moderate voters against the three century-old union with England.
In an interview with ITV, Mrs May said it was time to put “all of our energy” into getting a good deal with the EU and that voters would be unable to judge the new relationship by spring 2019.
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