Is a second referendum on Scotland’s independence further away than ever?
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🗓️ 24 November 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:10.6 | Today, the Supreme Court has ruled on Scotland's future. |
| 0:15.4 | Where does it leave the independence movement? |
| 0:18.4 | The Supreme Court has ruled on Scotland's future. |
| 0:27.6 | It was a tense and long awaited moment. |
| 0:31.2 | But the result was unanimous. |
| 0:34.4 | Scotland's First Minister, Nicholas Sturgeon, |
| 0:36.8 | had gambled on the Supreme Court, |
| 0:38.8 | allowing Scotland to hold another vote |
| 0:41.6 | on whether it should go independent. |
| 0:43.6 | But on Tuesday, the Supreme Court judgment was unequivocal. |
| 0:47.6 | Hollywood did not have the legal right to act without the approval of Westminster. |
| 0:53.6 | Sturgeon was disappointed. |
| 0:55.6 | This judgment raises profound and deeply uncomfortable questions |
| 0:59.6 | about the basis and the future of the United Kingdom. |
| 1:03.6 | Until now, it has been understood and accepted |
| 1:07.6 | by opponents of independence, |
| 1:09.6 | as well as by its supporters. |
| 1:11.6 | That the UK is a voluntary partnership of nations. |
| 1:15.6 | But she wasn't defeated. |
| 1:17.6 | For we should be in no doubt, |
| 1:19.6 | as of today, democracy is what is at stake. |
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