Starmer ‘frustrated’ over Indyref

The leader of the UK Labour Party has said he is “frustrated” over talks of a new Scottish independence referendum.

Speaking on Sky News on Sunday, Sir Keir Starmer said that the SNP Government in Holyrood should be focusing on the Covid-19 pandemic.

He told Sky News: “I think another independence referendum will be divisive and that’s why the Labour Party will be campaigning into the May elections on the economy, rebuilding the economy, on ensuring our public services are in the right place and defeating coronavirus.

“I’m frustrated in a sense that in the middle of a pandem - ic we’ve got the SNP talking about independence, we’ve got the Tory party talking about Brexit when, in my view, they should be focusing on pulling together to defeat the virus.”

This comes as a series of polls have found a majority of Scots now support independence.

Asked whether there should be a second independence referendum if the SNP win a majority in the next election, SirKeir said :“The Labour Party will be campaigning into May on the basis that what we don’t want is another divisive referendum.”