Sir Keir Starmer has said a second Scottish independence referendum “won’t happen” on his watch, even if the SNP or a pro-indy majority are elected to Holyrood next year.

Speaking to STV News on Thursday, the Prime Minister called the subject of Scottish independence a “distraction tactic” by the SNP.

“We’re not having an independence referendum – it won’t happen,” Starmer said.

“It is a distraction tactic which is always deployed by the SNP when they don’t want a discussion about their record.”

Although the Prime Minister said John Swinney has the right to form a Scottish Government if his party wins the most MSPs next year, he said the Holyrood elections are still a “long way out”.

He added that an SNP majority would give Swinney’s nationalist party a “third decade in power”.

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