Boris Johnson has said it would be “irresponsible and reckless” to hold a second independence referendum as the possibility of an outright majority in the Holyrood elections for the Scottish Nationalist party remains on a knife-edge on Saturday morning. Mr Swinney said: “I don’t accept that proposition because I think what that question comes down to is what’s the composition of the Scottish parliament, and who tried to get elected to it. “If this was in almost any other democracy in the world it would be an absurd discussion,” Ms Sturgeon told Channel 4. Sir John Curtice, the elections expert, said Ms Baillie’s victory made it unlikely Ms Sturgeon would win an overall majority. “Unionist tactical voting seems to have played a key role in denying the SNP their majority in this election,” he told the BBC.

Source: The Irish Times May 08, 2021 10:07 UTC