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Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon on the steps of Bute House in Edinburgh after the SNP won a fourth victory in the Scottish Parliament election. Picture date: Sunday May 9, 2021. PA Photo. The SNP fell one seat short of an overall majority in the Scottish parliament elections, securing 64 seats, but the final result still leaves Holyrood with a pro-independence majority. See PA story POLITICS Elections Scotland. Photo credit should read: Jane Barlow/PA Wire
Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon on the steps of Bute House in Edinburgh after the SNP won a fourth victory in the Scottish Parliament election. Picture date: Sunday May 9, 2021. PA Photo. The SNP fell one seat short of an overall majority in the Scottish parliament elections, securing 64 seats, but the final result still leaves Holyrood with a pro-independence majority. See PA story POLITICS Elections Scotland. Photo credit should read: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Scottish independence centre stage again as Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon talk in wake of SNP election victory

Nicola Sturgeon has warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson a second independence referendum is now a matter of "when not if".

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