Scottish Parliament Backs Independence Vote in Defiance of U.K.

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?When that change is imposed on us, we should have the right to choose,? Sturgeon told the Scottish Parliament before the vote.
Bookmaker William Hill Plc puts the chances of another independence vote by the end of 2020 at 65 percent and offers odds that Scots will choose to go it alone when the time comes.
The Conservative Party, which governs the U.
K.
though is the largest opposition group in the Scottish Parliament, says no referendum should take place, not least because there?s no public or political consent for one.
Scottish lawmakers backed plans by the nationalist government in Edinburgh to pursue a second independence referendum, setting up what may be a lengthy and acrimonious showdown within the U.
K.
in the midst of Brexit negotiations.
The result was expected after the Greens said they would support Sturgeon?s Scottish National Party, ensuring a majority in the legislature.