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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Craig Paton

Militaries involved in illegal wars ‘would be banned from independent Scotland’

The First Minister was speaking at his party’s conference on Saturday (Greg MacVean/PA) - (PA Wire)

An independent Scotland would ban the militaries of countries involved in “illegal conflicts” from the country, John Swinney has said.

In a swipe at the US and Israeli governments over their attacks on Iran, the First Minister said a newly-independent Scotland would enshrine in its constitution a ban on foreign militaries involved in illegal conflicts abroad.

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