Scotland First Minister calls for new independence vote
The results for the 2019 UK elections are in and it seems that the conservative party won everywhere but Scotland. The Scotland National Party won a majority of the Scottish seats that were being contested and the conservatives only won six. The Scottish First Minister has said that Scotland deserves independence and should not be forced to leave the EU.
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