Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has announced plans for the country to hold its second referendum on remaining in the United Kingdom. She will now ask Scottish Parliament for permission next week.
It comes just days before Theresa May is expected to start Britain's push towards Brexit.
Back in 2014, Scotland narrowly sided to remain as part of the United Kingdom with a 'no' vote of 55 percent.
Over 3.5 million went to the polls back then but only 1,617, 989 stated they wanted to split.
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Ever since then there has been pressure to have a second referendum.
Those pressures increased in June when Britain voted out of the European Union, even though Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain.
Every constituency in the Scotland Borders voted remain, with the country voting 62 percent in the favour to stay with the world's largest single market.
In a speech made at Bute House, Sturgeon said that the UK government had "not moved even an inch in pursuit of compromise and agreement."
She added: "If Scotland can be ignored on an issue as important as the EU and the single market then it is clear that our voice can be ignored any time and on any issue."
The referendum has to take place between Autumn 2018 and Spring 2019.
Sturgeon says this is designed before it's 'too late' but after 'the terms of Brexit are known'.
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Source: The Independent and The Guardian
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