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Abbi Garton-Crosbie

Northern Ireland Protocol could 'solve Border problems in independent Scotland'

Mike Russell said the protocol was "seamless" and had many benefits an independent Scotland could replicate

THE Northern Ireland Protocol could lay the foundations for a preferred “seamless” trade border between England and Scotland post-independence, the SNP President has said.

Last week during FMQs, the First Minister said she would sign up to a protocol-style agreement in a “heart beat” if it was offered to Scotland - in response to news that the UK Government intends to override parts of the Brexit deal they themselves signed through legislation in Westminster.

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