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The National (Scotland)
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Laura Pollock

Yes supporters react as Labour pledge to 'take back control' and satisfy Yes voters

WE asked Scottish independence supporters how they feel about Keir Starmer’s plans for a "Take Back Control" bill as a way to appease both Brexit and Yes voter demands.

During a New Year speech in east London, the Labour leader said he wanted to “embrace” the “Take Back Control” message as he admitted he sympathised with the “basic case” Leave voters made during 2016 and the not “unreasonable demands” Yes voters made in 2014.

Starmer said people who voted Yes to an independent Scotland in 2014 had not put forward an “unreasonable demand” and pledged to devolve more powers to communities and modernise central government.

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