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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Aletha Adu

Scotland can't have independence vote because there's a war on, Boris Johnson declares

Boris Johnson has slapped down calls for a Scottish independence referendum telling Scots, "this is not the moment" because of Russia's invasion.

The Prime Minister insisted it is "not the time for yet more delectable disputations about the Constitution when our European continent is being ravaged by the most vicious war since 1945".

His comments come hours after Jacob Rees-Mogg said the "seriousness" of Russia's invasion has enabled the Tories to "get away" from Partygate.

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