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Xander Richards

Holyrood CAN legislate for consultative independence vote, former top Tory says

Professor Adam Tomkins has said a consultative indyref2 ballot held by Holyrood 'would be lawful'

HOLYROOD could lawfully legislate for a second independence referendum if it was made clear that the ballot was consultative and not legally binding, a former top Tory MSP has said.

Professor Adam Tomkins, the John Millar Chair of Public Law at the University of Glasgow, made the assertion in a column for The Herald on Wednesday.

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