Coronavirus leads to SNP Government cancelling indyref2 plan this year
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dailyrecord.co.ukThe Scottish Government has ditched plans for indyref2 this year in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis.Cabinet Secretary Michael Russell confirmed the Government was delaying the plan as a result of the pandemic.In a letter to Michael Gove, a Cabinet minister in Boris Johnson's Government, he said:"Because of the crisis, the Scottish Government has paused work on preparing for an independence referendum this year."We have also written to the Electoral Commission to make clear we do not expect it to undertake testing of a referendum question until public health circumstances permit such activity (while also urging the commission to reject the UK Government’s objections to testing)."He added: "That will allow us to focus all available
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