While British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been keen to kick-start the economy and lift lockdown measures quickly, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been cautious about easing restrictions and more vigilant about masks and quarantines for international travellers
Support for Scottish independence hit a record 54 per cent in one recent opinion poll, and the 'Yes' side has been consistently above 50 per cent in other polls for months.The pandemic has caused havoc across Britain but has also given an unlikely boost to Scottish independence, which has become more popular than ever since the coronavirus outbreak.
Much of the change in support for independence can be attributed to the contrasting approaches to the pandemic of Mr. Johnson and Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, who leads the Scottish National Party . While Mr. Johnson has been keen to kick-start the economy and lift lockdown measures quickly, Ms. Sturgeon has been cautious about easing restrictions and more vigilant about masks and quarantines for international travellers.
“What we’re doing in Scotland is right and we should keep doing it,” Ms. Sturgeon told reporters Thursday.
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