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Keir Starmer has said John Swinney’s call for a second independence referendum is a “diversion tactic”. During a visit to the BAE shipyard in Govan, the Prime Minister addressed comments by Swinney that a second vote has “never been more important”. Starmer accused the SNP of bringing up the referendum to “distract” from the party’s current record. “Every time the record is poor, the same tool is pulled out. Which is, let’s talk about something else, let’s talk about a constitutional issue,” he

SNP depute leader Keith Brown says blocking a second independence referendum in Scotland would be "as bad as the antics we saw from Donald Trump". But Prof Stephen Tierney, from the University of Edinburgh, says it's "more likely than not" the Supreme Court would block the referendum. BBC Newsnight bbc.in/3vU0Vp2 | BBC News