Theresa May steps up the pressure on Nicola Sturgeon today, accusing the SNP leader of forcing a “fundamentally unfair” independence referendum that would damage Brexit negotiations.
In an article for The Times, the prime minister toughens her stance against starting talks over a second independence vote before spring 2019 — the timetable set out by Ms Sturgeon in a surprise announcement this week.
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, compared Theresa May to Margaret Thatcher
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The prime minister had already appealed to Ms Sturgeon to “step back” from plans to table a demand for a second vote next week, making clear that it would be rejected. “Now is not the time,” she said last night.
In response Scotland’s first minister accused Mrs May of “returning to the bad old days of Margaret Thatcher”, saying that it
