Photo: AFPEdinburgh, Scotland: Scottish lawmakers voted Tuesday to seek a new referendum on independence, to be held within the next two years—an unwanted headache for the British government as it prepares to push the European Union exit button. The Edinburgh-based legislature voted 69-59 to back First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s call to ask the British government for an independence vote. Scottish voters rejected independence in a 2014 referendum that Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party called a once-in-a-generation vote. ALSO READ | ‘You can still stop Brexit’, EU lawmakers to tell BritonsSturgeon said that whatever the final terms, Brexit would mean “significant and profound” change for Scotland. British officials have indicated they would not agree to another independence referendum until Britain’s EU exit is over and done with—a process that could take longer than two years.

Source: Mint March 28, 2017 16:52 UTC