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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

‘This changes everything’: how Brexit altered Scotland’s political landscape

Supporters of Scottish independence wave flags and march in Edinburgh, this year.
Supporters of Scottish independence wave flags and march in Edinburgh, this year. Photograph: Robert Perry/AFP/Getty Images

The decision to quit the EU bolstered support for Scottish independence, which a decade after the Brexit referendum is at near record levels, according to Scottish Labour’s former leader Kezia Dugdale.

Dugdale said the Brexit vote “creates a frame around fairness” for many in Scotland because, unlike England, Scottish voters comprehensively backed remain in 2016, by 62% to 38%, yet found their country taken out of Europe.

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