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Nicola Sturgeon loses independent currency vote
by Conrad Landin
in Edinburgh
NICOLA STURGEON suffered a shock defeat at the SNP’s spring conference over the weekend after delegates voted that an independent Scotland should introduce a separate currency “as soon as practicable.”
The SNP’s leadership wants to campaign for a second independence referendum on the basis of the party’s Growth Commission report. The document advocates keeping the pound for a lengthy period after the event of separation.
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