Jeremy Corbyn's closest ally would not block new Scottish independence referendum
"They will take a view about whether they want another referendum. Nicola Sturgeon said by late next year or the beginning of 2021. We would not block something like that. We would let the Scottish people decide. That's democracy.
Mr Leonard has said that if Labour took power in Westminster the party would refuse to grant the Scottish parliament at Holyrood the power to hold another vote. "I think we'd form a minority government, seek to implement our manifesto and we'd expect the other opposition parties and other MPs to vote for those policies and if they don't, we'll go back to the country.
"The Labour Party is an internationalist party founded on a vision of solidarity and we should never seek to appease nationalists, whether they be for Brexit or Scottish independence, who want to divide communities and people."SNP MSP George Adam said:"It is for the Scottish people to decide upon their future. The Scottish government has a crystal clear mandate to give them that choice.
"We trust this position will now receive the fulsome backing of Richard Leonard and Scottish Labour."
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