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Xander Richards

Tory calls for 'indyref2 plans to be scrapped' fall flat in Holyrood vote

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes proposed an amendment to Tory MSP Liz Smith's anti-indyref2 motion

A SCOTTISH Conservative motion aimed at having Holyrood agree to cancel plans for a second independence referendum has failed.

Instead, the motion passed with an amendment put forward by Finance Secretary Kate Forbes, which deleted the text proposed by the Tory benches in its entirety.

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