Douglas Ross has vowed to boycott any Scottish independence referendum that doesn't have the backing of the UK Authorities.
The Scottish Conservative chief hit out on the SNP and Nicola Sturgeon after the First Minister kickstarted the marketing campaign for an IndyRef2 yesterday.
Structure secretary Angus Robertson revealed earlier the Scottish Authorities intends to carry a second vote on ending the Union in October subsequent yr.
Boris Johnson 's Tory authorities has repeatedly mentioned the 2014 vote was a once-in-a-lifetime referendum and would refuse any request from the SNP.
Ross mentioned he wouldn't assist a "wildcard" referendum after Sturgeon recommended the Scottish Authorities would search to carry a vote with out a part 30 order if the UK Authorities doesn't grant one.
He instructed Channel 4 Information: "This isn't the precedence for folks throughout Scotland proper now.
"There are way more urgent points to cope with: popping out of Covid and the restoration of the nation after that; coping with unemployment; coping with schooling points; getting our NHS on higher footing.
"That is the precedence folks need politicians and the Chamber behind us to be specializing in and if Nicola Sturgeon can be so reckless and irresponsible to go forward with an unlawful wild card referendum then I would not assist it and I'd urge folks to boycott it.
" Nicola Sturgeon has gone additional than she's ever gone earlier than, and suggesting she would maintain an unlawful wild card referendum. I feel that's utterly reckless.
"It is unacceptable for the First Minister to even be threatening that. And I'd say I'd have completely nothing to do with it."
In the course of the press convention on Tuesday, Sturgeon mentioned her responsibility is to the folks of Scotland and to not Boris Johnson.
"My responsibility, because the democratically elected First Minister, is to the folks of Scotland, it isn't to Boris Johnson or to any Tory prime minister," she mentioned.
"This can be a UK Authorities that has no respect for democracy.
"Meaning if we're to uphold democracy right here in Scotland we should forge a approach ahead, if crucial, with out a Part 30 order."
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