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Caroline CLARKSON

How has the case for Scottish independence evolved since 2014?

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a news conference on a proposed second referendum on Scottish independence at Bute House in Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 14, 2022. © Russell Cheyne, AFP

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will set out a "route map" on Tuesday to a second independence referendum. In a 2014 referendum, 55 percent of voters in Scotland chose to stay in the UK – and much to the chagrin of Unionists, the Scottish government plans to hold another next October. But from Brexit to a scandal-plagued prime minister occupying Downing Street, a lot has changed since the last vote.

"After everything that has happened – Brexit, Covid, Boris Johnson – it is time to set out a different and better vision," Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon declared in a June 14 speech in Edinburgh outlining a “refreshed case for independence".

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