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The Independent UK
Craig Meighan

Swinney’s independence referendum push is ‘diversion tactic’ – Starmer

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer visited the BAE shipyard in Glasgow (Andy Buchanan/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has described John Swinney’s call for a second Scottish independence referendum as a “diversion tactic”.

The Prime Minister said the SNP’s push for another vote was an attempt to “distract” from the party’s record in Government.

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