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Brexit breakdown: What would happen if Scotland became independent?


Ms Sturgeon has insisted the SNP’s recent gain of 13 seats, giving them 48 in total, gives the party a mandate to demand a second referendum.

If the referendum was granted and Scotland left the UK, the newly formed state would likely require a hard border.

A Scottish Conservative Party spokesman told the Scotsman in 2018: “It was made perfectly clear during the 2014 campaign that a hard border would be required if Scotland and England had different arrangements in relation to the EU.

“Given the UK is leaving the EU, and given it’s stated SNP policy for an independent Scotland to join the EU, it’s difficult to see how a hard border could be avoided.”



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