Former prime minister and eminent pro-European Sir John Major has provoked renewed debate within the UK Government and the Conservative Party by calling for two referenda among Scots over independence: one on the principle and a further confirmatory one on after negotiations over the creation of an independent state.
Here’s what he told the Middle Temple in London:
Photo of Sir John Major via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0
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