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Scargill: Scots must abide by Leave vote
Former miners’ leader hits out at second referendum call

by Lamiat Sabin and Peter Lazenby

ARTHUR SCARGILL opposed the call for a second Scottish independence referendum yesterday and said Scotland “has an obligation” to abide by the vote to leave the EU.

The former National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) president said that Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s demand for another referendum should not be granted yet.

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