Rishi Sunak urges Nicola Sturgeon to drop independence obsession' after Supreme Court quashes plans for Indyref2

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Nicola Sturgeon was urged to drop her independence 'obsession' after suffering a massive setback in her battle to split the UK.

Nicola Sturgeon will continue to push for a new Scottish independence referendum despite calls to stop from Rishi Sunak.Nicola Sturgeon was urged to drop her independence "obsession" after suffering a massive setback in her battle to split the UK.

She said the ruling had blocked "one route to Scotland's voice being heard" and "in a democracy our voice cannot and will not be silenced".He said: "The people of Scotland want us to be working on fixing the major challenges we collectively face, whether that's the economy, supporting the NHS or indeed supporting Ukraine.Nicola Sturgeon giving her reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on a second referendum.

Announcing the Supreme Court's unanimous decision, Lord Reed said that legislation for a second independence referendum would relate to "reserved matters" and was therefore outside the powers of Holyrood.

 

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