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Andy Burnham responds to John Swinney's call for 'legal indyref2 mechanism'

Andy Burnham and John Swinney (Image: PA)

ANDY Burnham has written to John Swinney in response to the First Minister's calls for a legal mechanism for a second Scottish independence referendum.

The SNP leader wrote to the Prime Minister after he said in the Commons on Wednesday that the rules governing when a repeat of the 2014 vote in Scotland can be held should be “exactly the same” as those for an Irish reunification referendum.

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