Scottish independence could take place as soon as 2021, a senior SNP MSP has said. Mike Russell, the government's constitution secretary, said he was "quite sure" a potential IndyRef2 could take place by the end of next year.
The veteran Nationalist said legislation paving the way for another referendum would be published before the next Holyrood election in May.
But the UK Government has already made it clear it will not loan the Scottish Government the powers required to make any referendum legally-binding.Russell said if a majority of Scots endorsed SNP plans at next year's election another vote on independence "must happen".Speaking on BBC Scotland, he said: "I'm not going to do anything other than assume that it will happen."If the.
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