Boris Johnson rules out second Scottish referendum and praises the union on visit to Orkney
Telegraph, 23 Jul 2020
Boris Johnson has ruled out a second referendum, saying the 2014 vote was "decisive" and a "once in a generation event".
Speaking from Orkney, where people voted 67 per cent in favour of staying part of the union, the Prime Minister said the coronavirus response had proved "the strength of union in dealing with certain crucial things - supporting people through the furlough scheme [and] the work of the army, testing and moving people around".
"We had a referendum... only six years ago - that is not a generation by any computation," he added.
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Speaking from Orkney, where people voted 67 per cent in favour of staying part of the union, the Prime Minister said the coronavirus response had proved "the strength of union in dealing with certain crucial things - supporting people through the furlough scheme [and] the work of the army, testing and moving people around".
"We had a referendum... only six years ago - that is not a generation by any computation," he added.
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