Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, on Sunday paved the way for an independence showdown with Boris Johnson as early as next year, saying she “desperately hoped” Covid-19 would have receded by then.
Sturgeon’s Scottish National party fell one seat short of an overall majority in elections to the 129-seat Holyrood parliament, but said her 64-seat haul represented a “landslide” victory.
With the support of the pro-independence Greens, with eight seats, there is a renewed parliamentary majority for a second referendum on Scotland separating from the rest of the UK.
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