Scotland's Conservative Party leader calls bid for independence vote reckless

The governing Conservative Party’s Scottish leader will accuse the nation’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, on Monday of putting her “party before pandemic”, calling the timing of her plans to hold a second independence vote was reckless.

Sturgeon said this month she was hoping that a strong performance by her Scottish National Party (SNP) in an election in May would give her the mandate to hold a second referendum, a move Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will not approve...