PM: No new Scots poll even if SNP win big

THERESA May yesterday reiterated that she won’t allow a second Scottish referendum – even if the nationalists win a majority.

She said she will block any attempt to hold a vote on breaking up Britain unless there is clear evidence the Scottish people want one.

And she rejected Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that the Government’s position will ‘crumble’ if the SNP wins the most seats in Scotland in the General Election.

Her comments came as a poll showed most Scots do not want another referendum and 55 per cent would

still back No if there was a rerun of the 2014 vote.

She told the Scottish Daily Mail: ‘Now is the worst possible time for the SNP to be demanding a second independence referendum.

‘We should be working together right now, not pulling apart, and putting all our energies into making sure we get the right deal [with Brussels] for the UK – and that means the right deal for Scotland.

‘I think talking about an independence referendum would disrupt our negotiations and I think it would weaken my hand.’