Scotland referendum plan "weakens May's position": analyst Scotland's plans for a second independence referendum have wrong-footed Prime Minister Theresa May, who could now be forced into giving the go-ahead for the vote -- but only after Brexit. Experts say the announcement by Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon "weakens Theresa May's position" when it comes to Brexit negotiations, and that "she won't want to be the Prime Minister who led to the UK no longer existing". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of an analyst