Scottish Leader Tells EU ‘Scotland Will Be Back Soon,’ Renewing Talks of Independence

Scottish Leader Tells EU ‘Scotland Will Be Back Soon,’ Renewing Talks of Independence

In a tweet issued late Thursday night, Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, suggested that her country could emerge as a nation independent of Great Britain, just as the three-nation union has finalized "Brexit", its formal disjoining of the 27-nation European Union."Scotland will be back soon, Europe. Keep the light on 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🇪🇺❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿" Sturgeon tweeted on Thursday near 11:40 p.m. local time.The tweet echoed comments she had made during a November 30 virtual meeting of the Scottish National Party (SNP) of which she is the head. During her comments, she argued that Scotland should be an independent nation so it can direct its own economy and future better than the largely English-dominated union of Great Britain currently allows.The Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has suggested that Scotland will emerge as an independent European nation in a tweet she published in the late night hours shortly before January 1, 2021. In this March 29, 2020 photo, Sturgeon gives a coronavirus briefing at St Andrews House in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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"Who do we want to be in the driving seat of shaping Scotland's future?" Sturgeon rhetorically asked in her speech. "Should it be Scottish Government of whatever party elected