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Judith Duffy

Tory attempts to ‘browbeat’ Scots will not save Union, former UK adviser says

The UK Government has been told it can't delay the issue forever

A FORMER senior civil servant who advised the UK Government on constitutional and devolution issues has said it will have to set out the conditions under which an independence referendum can be held “at some point”.

Philip Rycroft, who worked on both the independence vote in 2014 and Brexit, also said attempts to “browbeat” the Scottish Government will not save the Union.

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