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Scottish nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon will include triggers for a second independence referendum in the party’s manifesto for the 2016 Scottish election, according to reports. | Scottish nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon will include triggers for a second independence referendum in the party’s manifesto for the 2016 Scottish election, according to reports. |
The Sunday Herald said Sturgeon had told the newspaper in an interview that the 2016 manifesto would set out triggers for a second independence referendum, though it did not immediately supply a direct quote from Sturgeon. | The Sunday Herald said Sturgeon had told the newspaper in an interview that the 2016 manifesto would set out triggers for a second independence referendum, though it did not immediately supply a direct quote from Sturgeon. |
British prime minister David Cameron has ruled out another independence referendum despite spectacular gains by Scottish nationalists in the 7 May election, saying Scots had “emphatically” rejected a breakaway in last year’s referendum. | British prime minister David Cameron has ruled out another independence referendum despite spectacular gains by Scottish nationalists in the 7 May election, saying Scots had “emphatically” rejected a breakaway in last year’s referendum. |
Scottish Nationalist party leader Sturgeon has said there could only be another independence vote if Scots voted for a party which proposed one in a Scottish parliamentary election. One is due in May 2016. | |
A party spokesman declined to comment. |