May sets up battle with Sturgeon as she rejects referendum demand

Theresa May has rejected Nicola Sturgeon’s demands for a new Scottish independence referendum before Brexit, saying “now is not the time” for a vote on the UK’s constitutional future.In a move that suggested the vote could be pushed back until as late as 2021, the Tories said no discussion on staging it could be held until after Brexit was signed at some point in 2019.May’s rejection of Sturgeon’s proposal sets up a battle of wills between the two leaders, but