Highlights 1 The Scottish legislature voted 69-59 to ask the UK government to sanction an independence vote. Scottish lawmakers voted Tuesday to seek a new referendum on independence, presenting the British government with an unwelcome distraction as it prepares to push the European Union exit button. Scottish voters rejected independence in a 2014 referendum that Sturgeon's Scottish National Party called a once-in-a-generation vote. 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. FORGE AHEAD, SAY SUPPORTERS OF INDEPENDENCEIn Edinburgh, supporters of Scottish independence urged Sturgeon to forge ahead.

Source: India Today March 28, 2017 19:57 UTC