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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Ross Hunter

Truss to require 50 per cent of ENTIRE electorate to vote for independence, reports say

Independence supporters marching through Glasgow in May 2022. Picture: Lesley Martin

SENIOR UK Government figures are reportedly looking to impose new barriers to Scottish independence by legislating that more than half of Scotland’s entire electorate would have to vote Yes in a referendum for the result to be accepted.  

The Sunday Times reported that ministers are looking at plans that would require evidence for more than a year that at least 60% of voters in Scotland want a second referendum before the UK government would consider it.

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