Britain's Boris Johnson will make his first visit to Scotland as prime minister on Monday, as his Conservative Party's leader there said she would refuse to support a no-deal Brexit. Johnson took office on Wednesday with a pledge to deliver Britain's exit from the European Union by October 31.
Scotland rejected independence by a 55-45% majority in 2014 but then voted to stay in the EU at the 2016 Brexit referendum, fueling calls for a second independence vote from those who argue it is being taken out of the bloc against its wishes. Johnson will visit a military base in Scotland as part of a tour of the United Kingdom to announce extra funding for local communities.
We speak to:
• Professor Jo-Ansie Van Wyk, of University of South Africa (Unisa) politics department.
• Simon Usherwood, reader in politics at the University of Surrey.
