The UK Labour Party deputy leader Tom Watson speaks out against a second Scottish independence referendum.
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It follows comments by shadow chancellor John McDonnell that a future Labour government would not block another vote.He added that he fully endorsed the position of Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard.last week that any decision about holding an independence vote would be up to the Scottish Parliament., who said unionism"appears to be sleepwalking into oblivion".
He pointed out that the party's Scottish leader Richard Leonard had already made it"absolutely clear" that there was no case for a second independence referendum.
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