Conservative UK government is "becoming quite overpowering", Nicola Sturgeon has said.
05.04.2021 - 19:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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Boris Johnson has announced that the county can move to Step Two of the lockdown roadmap.
The Prime Minister gave the green light after the four tests needed to advance to the next stage were met.
Mr Johnson said significant progress has been made with the coronavirus vaccine rollout - more than 31 million people in the UK have had their first jab.
There's also a continuing downward trend with
Conservative UK government is "becoming quite overpowering", Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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Ross said: “If it was possible for him to come up north of the border that would be great, but I’m not putting any pressure on him.” He added: “He is also leading the UK effort against a global pandemic and I think people understand in this strange election campaign in terms of the restrictions that we’ve all got to deal with, that it may not be as easy as for the Prime Minister to come.”The move came as Downing Street issued a joint statement from the British and Indian governments cancelling
Holyrood election will again see a majority of MSPs returned who support independence. Her fellow Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie has said that in those circumstances, the continued “refusal by the UK to even talk about this would be politically untenable”.
Ian Blackford said “we’ll see you in court” as he claimed the Conservative Government’s legal move to override Holyrood legislation trampled on the rights of children. But Boris Johnson said it a was “complete nonsense” to say that a UK government’s decision to refer two bills passed by Holyrood unanimously to the Supreme Court were political attack.
First Minister to give the go-ahead for a referendum, but Sturgeon said she believes UK Government discussions have moved on.
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