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Does Brexit make Scottish independence more likely?

Politics explained: With Boris Johnson in Downing Street and no deal looming, voters may shift towards independence

Lizzy Buchan
Political Correspondent
Sunday 07 July 2019 19:18 BST
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The Scottish government has long argued that the Brexit vote represents a material change in circumstances
The Scottish government has long argued that the Brexit vote represents a material change in circumstances

The fate of Northern Ireland has been at the heart of the Brexit debate for some time, but in the dying days of Theresa May’s premiership, Scotland is keeping senior Conservatives up at night.

Ministers have been racing across the border over the past week, with a warning over the union from May in Stirling, and attempt by her would-be successors, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, to woo voters in Perth.

May’s de facto deputy, David Lidington, made an unusually outspoken intervention ahead of the hustings, warning that the union was under “greater strain” than he had ever seen.

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