May to Scotland: not the time for referendum
By Reuters
17 March 2017 |
4:50 am
British Prime Minister Theresa May tells the Scottish government "now is not the time" for a second independence referendum, saying it would be unfair to ask people to vote without knowing the result of Brexit talks.
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