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#INDYREF2

The Scottish Government yesterday published legislation to pave the way for a second vote on Scottish independence. Should it be approved by Westminster, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon indicated this week that she would like to see a fresh Scottish independence referendum held in late 2020.

@sajidjavid wrote: “If I become PM, I won’t allow a second Scottish independence referendum. People stated views clearly in 2014, so there should be no second vote. Nicola Sturgeon should spend more time improving public services in Scotland, and less time grandstanding.”

@Park2scott said: “Only if it means we are not only free of Westminster but of Brussels too. Independent means independent! Anything else, it’s a no from me.”

@Kirstystricklan tweeted: “I can’t get my head around the argument that the decision to have a referendum should be for the UK Parliament, and not the Scottish Parliament, to decide.”

@ruth_wishart added: “Memo to those Scottish opposition parties deriding the referendums bill as evidence of an obsession. Parties founded to achieve Scottish independence are likely to do what it says on their tin.”

#ALYNSMITH

Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party has issued a legal threat to SNP MEP Alyn Smith over comments he made on television following the European elections. In an interview Mr Smith labelled the anti-eu party a “money laundering front” and “every bit as feckless as their predecessors in UKIP”. The comments have provoked the ire of Brexit supporters up and down the UK.

@Fabledsoul wrote: “Unbelievable slander of the @brexitparty_uk. The SNP are completely on another level when it comes to spite and malevolence.”

@Saltysnack2 tweeted: “This type of ‘sound bite slander ’ must end, if that means making an example of somebody guilty of it, then so be it.”

@Mrjkilcoyne said: “Probably a good idea for Alyn Smith to back down, accept it, and issue this statement. I stared at the TV agog when he made his statement.”

@Crewebrexit added: “He’s just trying make a name for himself before he loses his job in Brussels and has to start scratching around for a seat in Scotland.”