It was Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who inspired Nicola Sturgeon to join the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) at the age of 16. Not because the British Conservative was a role model at a time when the economy was not doing well and unemployment seemed the norm, but because even then she felt it was wrong to have Scotland run by an executive that did not elect and because she was I am convinced that only independence can make a country prosperous. Something that he continues to defend today, at the age of 51, the last seven years at the head of the Scottish government. And therefore insists on holding a second referendum on this issue.
Sturgeon is risking his political legacy by seeking a second Scottish independence referendum less than 10 years after the first, while opinion polls show it is not a priority in the next two years. According to YouGov, only one in five Scots consider it a priority (after the national health system, the economy, education or the climate crisis).. And when they were called to comment on the topic, the majority would again vote against the idea. “If there was a referendum tomorrow, 44% of Scots would say they would vote ‘yes’ and 46% would vote ‘no’, with 10% undecided,” according to a Savanta ComRes poll conducted for Scot. “By removing those who are undecided, the intention to vote would be 51% in favor of “no” and 49% in favor of “yes”.
