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The Independent UK
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Katrine Bussey

No such thing as a de-facto referendum, says expert amid SNP plans for indyref2

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Nicola Sturgeon’s plans to use the next Westminster election as a “de-facto referendum” on Scottish independence if her Government is prevented from holding another vote on leaving the UK have been questioned by a politics expert.

Professor James Mitchell, of Edinburgh University, insisted: “There’s no such thing as a de facto referendum.

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