Scotland has threatened London with a second referendum on independence if Edinburgh’s demands for more powers are ignored by the UK’s new Conservative administration.
An unidentified source close to Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the Sunday Herald that she raised the issue in a Friday meeting with British Prime minister David Cameron.
Sturgeon stressed that Cameron would be personally responsible for another referendum if London fails to transfer further powers to Edinburgh, according to the source.
“Cameron was told the ball is firmly in his court, so how things develop in Scotland over the next couple of years or so is now mainly up to him,” the source said.
The Scottish first minister further warned that the Tories can “work to deliver more powers, or they can go on pretending it is business as usual and watch as support for independence grows,” according to the source.
Last week, the UK premier dismissed the possibility of a second referendum on Scottish independence, saying Scots had once rejected a breakaway from the UK.
In the referendum, held on September 18, 2014, Scots voted 55-45 percent to preserve the 307-year-old political union with England.
Following the vote, the British government announced the formation of a commission tasked with overseeing the process to take forward the devolution commitments on extra powers for the Scottish parliament.
Cameron recently vowed to include a forthcoming Scotland Bill on extra devolution based on the commission’s proposals in this month's Queen's Speech.
The pledge came as the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP), headed by Sturgeon, won 56 out of the nation's 59 seats in the 2015 UK general elections earlier this month.
The Conservatives, led by Cameron, also secured 331 seats in the UK's 650-seat parliament, allowing them to govern without the need for a coalition or agreement with other parties.
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