Fighting for independence: 20,000 on the street

About 20,000 bulkheads participated Saturday in a march for independence from great Britain in the Glasgow streets. this was stated by The organizers, accordi

Ann McDonald
Ann McDonald
02 November 2019 Saturday 16:00
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Fighting for independence: 20,000 on the street

About 20,000 bulkheads participated Saturday in a march for independence from great Britain in the Glasgow streets.

this was stated by The organizers, according to dpa.

One of the participants was the leader of The Scottish nationalist party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon.

And she came with a clear message.

- An independent Scotland is closer than it ever has been, it said in a statement that was published shortly before Saturday's march.

Nicola Sturgeon announced already on Friday, that she before the end of december, will ask the british government for a new referendum on scottish independence.

Sturgeon sees the upcoming parliamentary elections in great Britain as essential to scotland's future.

make no mistake. The parliamentary elections on 12. december is the most important election for Scotland in our lifetime.

- Our country's future is at stake. We need to meet up in large number and vote for our country, it sounded from the podium at Saturday's march, according to the AFP news agency.

Scotland was last in the 2014 referendum on independence from the united kingdom.

at the Time voted 55 percent of scots opposed.

Many nationalists believe, however, that the scots need a new vote, after the british voted in favour of an exit from the EU in 2016.

At the brexit-the vote in 2016, voted 62 percent of the scots to stay in the union.

Updated: 02.11.2019 16:00