win a fourth term this year. However, its chances of obtaining an outright majority may be too close to call, as opinion polls suggest a recent dip in support for Sturgeon’s party.
The First Minister has vowed to demand for another independence referendum by the end of 2023, if her party wins a majority in the parliament in Edinburgh. If this does happen, and Scots do vote leave, it would mean that the United Kingdom would lose almost a tenth of its population and a third of its territory, marking the biggest shock to the UK since the Irish independence a century ago.
In 2014, Britain’s then-Prime Minister David Cameron agreed to a referendum, in which Scots voted by…
