“There is a danger people will start to panic and that (could) lead to certain behavioural impacts,” she said in an interview. even though 62 per cent of Scottish voters opted to remain in the political and economic union (the result across the U.K. was 48 per cent Remain, 52 per cent Leave). I know a lot of people, people who voted ‘No’ in 2014 who would vote ‘Yes’ if there is another referendum,” said Sturgeon. Her party won the most seats in the Scottish Parliament in 2016 on a mandate to hold another independence referendum. But don’t forget the government I lead was elected on a very clear mandate to have another independence referendum in the circumstances that Scotland was to be taken out of the E.U.

Source: National Post February 11, 2019 18:56 UTC