With only one seat remaining for an absolute majority, Sturgeon’s party won a fourth state with 64 out of 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, according to final results released on Saturday.
The Greens, also in favor of secession from the United Kingdom, won eight seats, representing a majority in favor of independence, and were able to prevent the growth of the new Alba party, former Scottish Prime Minister and former Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond, who became a staunch opponent of sturgeon, but it did not until A seat in Parliament. The Conservatives, led by the British Prime Minister, came second, having elected 31 parliamentarians.
Supporters of Scottish independence are demanding a majority in the local parliament in favor of separating their country from the United Kingdom, which forces London, in their view, to accept the new Home Rule referendum that Johnson rejected.
“The Scottish people voted to give the majority to the independence parties in the Scottish Parliament,” Sturgeon told his supporters.
– The conservative wave remains strong –
Two days after “Super Thursday” of the UK local elections, the British prime minister easily passed the test, snatching seats in the traditional business district, particularly an important stronghold in the northeast, Hartlepool, with advances in the north which won the Brexit support From the European Union.
As a result, the success of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign had a clear impact.
After winning the election, Sturgeon Johnson warned against any refusal to allow the referendum for self-determination.
“There is simply no democratic justification for Boris Johnson or whatever for trying to block the right of the Scottish people to choose their own future,” Sturgeon said in a speech.
Sturgeon concluded by saying that “the will of this country” warned that any initiative by the Conservatives to prevent a new referendum would put them in “direct opposition to the will of the people and prove that the UK is not an equal partner.”
Johnson, who should authorize this referendum, is vehemently opposed to it, arguing that these consultations can only take place once per generation. In 2014, 55% of voters voted to remain in the United Kingdom.
Johnson criticized the Telegraph: “I think holding a referendum in the current context is irresponsible and reckless.”
But supporters of the new referendum point out that Brexit, which was opposed by 62% of Scots, has changed things.
However, Boris Johnson congratulated Sturgeon on the victory and called on her to face “common challenges” with the British government, such as revitalizing the economy after the pandemic.
The British Prime Minister wrote: “I strongly believe that the interests of people across the UK, and especially in Scotland, are best served when we work together.”
On the national level, and despite a series of scandals about the close ties between power and special interests, Johnson has managed to preserve the progress made by the Conservatives in the 2019 legislative elections in the so-called labor “red wall”, regions of northern England. Influenced by downturn on industrialization and favorable to Brexit.
– Mayor of London re-election –
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who in 2016 became the first Muslim to rule a Western capital, was re-elected to a second term.
The 50-year-old politician, son of Pakistani immigrants and raised in social housing, defeated Conservative Sean Bailey, of Jamaican descent.
During this nod, Khan, a former human rights lawyer, built a reputation for being uncompromising European, in contrast to Brexit and his messenger Boris Johnson, his predecessor as mayor of London.
In the campaign, Khan adopted the slogan “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs” in hopes of reviving the economy of a city marked by the plague and Brexit, dealing a severe blow to its strong financial sector.
Despite the victory in London, Labor is at a loss after the defeat at Hartlepool, which left party leader Keir Starmer “bitterly disappointed”.
He promised to do “everything in his power” to restore the confidence of the electorate.
The Labor party can expect very good results in Wales, as they retain control of the local parliament, allowing them to remain in power.
47-year-old worker Joan Anderson has been elected mayor of Liverpool (northern England), becoming the first black woman to be elected in front of a major British city.
