Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party, has thrown down the gauntlet to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson by demanding that the Scottish parliament be given the power to call independence referendums as often as it chooses. 

In a 2014 referendum, 45 percent of the voters in Scotland backed independence, and as Brexit formally approaches at the end of the month, the Scottish National Party suggests “the Scottish voice is not heard at Westminster."

The Scottish government has published a document that it says sets out the legal and democratic case for “self-determination” and has sent a formal request for the ability to hold another vote.

-Marc