A vote on EU membership could trigger a second Scottish referendum on independence, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said. Ms Sturgeon said any disagreement between Scotland and the rest of the UK over EU membership would increase pressure for another vote on independence.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show she responded to a question about what could trigger a second Scottish referendum. She said: "The example I have used is if there was an in/out referendum, and clearly with a majority Tory government that must be on the horizon, and Scotland voted to stay in the EU and the rest of the UK voted to come out, I think there would be significant opinion in Scotland that we had to re-look at the issue of independence."
But she added: "But I actually want to have an arrangement to stop that happening." Ms Sturgeon insisted the SNP is not "changing its tune" on independence despite securing all but three of Scotland's Westminster constituencies. The SNP leader and Scotland's First Minister said that her promise during the campaign that the vote was not about independence still stood...
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