Scotland Heads for Showdown Over Independence

“Scotland is headed for a protracted showdown with the U.K. government over the right to an independence referendum after leader Nicola Sturgeon’s nationalists scored a decisive election victory,” Bloomberg reports.

“The Scottish National Party won 64 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, one more than in 2016 and giving it a fourth term in power. The result left Sturgeon one seat short of a majority, though the pro-independence Green Party increased the number of its lawmakers to eight from six.”