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Rishi Sunak won't help Nicola Sturgeon with her Scottish independence referendum plan

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Liz Truss said the best way to deal with Nicola Sturgeon was to ignore her. It was one policy the outgoing Tory leader managed to stick to - she never had a formal meeting with the First Minister during her time in Downing Street.

Rishi Sunak will now take charge of the UK Government after winning the latest Conservative leadership contest. Will he make a difference in the big constitutional row?

Don't bet on it. Sturgeon wants to call a second referendum on Scottish independence on October 19 next year - providing the UK Supreme Court decides Holyrood has the required legal powers to organise such a vote.

But the SNP leader must also wrestle with long-standing opposition in Westminster to her plans.Sunak will become the fourth Tory PM to deal with the political fall-out caused by the 2016 Brexit vote and Nationalist demands for an IndyRef2 as a result.Will he change course?

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