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Referendum plan revealed
Published 11 months, 4 weeks ago
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Why has John Swinney updated his strategy for securing a second independence referendum on a day the news is dominated by Donald Trump?
We ask David Wallace Lockhart, who’s been talking to the first minister and SNP leader about it.
And just how awkward was prime minister Sir Keir Starmer’s trip to Trump Turnberry for talks with the US president?
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