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SNP anger after UK Cabinet minister sets out route to independence referendum

Scotland Secretary Alister Jack told POLITICO on Thursday a referendum could take place if 60 percent of Scots wanted one.

EDINBURGH — Politicians from the ruling pro-independence Scottish National Party have reacted with fury after a senior U.K. Cabinet minister suggested the high bar they would need to clear for Westminster to grant…

  • Andrew McDonald
  • Politico

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