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Independence row as Michael Gove says Scots across the UK might get a vote

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referendum row after suggesting Scots-born voters in the rest of the UK might have a say in a second independence referendum.

The senior Tory said giving people outside Scotland a say in the country’s future was an "interesting" idea. It would be a dramatic change on the 2014 franchise which was open to over-16s resident in Scotland and on the electoral roll regardless of their birth certificate.

Angus Robertson, the SNP's former Westminster chief, said the plan is "desperate".And Scottish Government constitution minister Michael Russell said Unionists were already trying to “nobble the question" on any future ballot paper.The row began when former MP George Galloway claimed on social media: "I'll tell you this, if there's to be a second.

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