Newly elected UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is currently on a visit to Scotland, where things seem quite volatile. Over the past few months, due to the political crisis in the United Kingdom, the issue of the country’s unity retreated to the background, but now it is beginning to resurface again.
Just a few years ago Scotland voted in a referendum as to whether to leave the United Kingdom or not and the vote was close; it would have been even closer, had it not been for one major advantage of remaining a part of the UK: the European Union. But with Scotland convincingly voting in 2016 to remain in the bloc and the new PM’s vow to take the UK out, whether there is a deal or not, is putting them at odds. Johnson was greeted by boos and has been openly criticized by the leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, who is supposed to be his ally.
Talk about a new referendum on Scotland’s independence has been around ever since the Brexit vote, which showed a massive difference of opinions between Scotland and the rest of the UK regarding the European Union. But now with an unlikeable Prime Minister (at least to the Scottish) and the threat of a no-deal Brexit in just 3 months, tensions in Scotland are higher than ever.
