British government rules out new vote until after Brexit.

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In a day of fast-moving events on both sides of the border, the prime minister said ?now is not the time? for a fresh vote on independence given the two years of complex Brexit negotiations that start next month.
?It is for the Scottish Parliament ? not Downing Street ? to determine the timing of a referendum and the decision of the Scottish Parliament must be respected,? she declared.
A Saltire and Union Jack flags flutter in the wind outside the Scottish Parliament on March 13, Edinburgh, Scotland.
May said she was on the ?right side of the Scottish people? in rejecting one on the Scottish National Party`s (SNP) preferred timetable.
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