Keir Starmer has shot down claims a majority of Scots voting SNP on the normal election will likely be a mandate for independence.
The Labour chief additionally repeated his insistence of no offers with the Nationalists and accused the SNP of “fake patriotism”.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon final week introduced her Authorities will refer its indyref2 invoice to the Supreme Court docket to rule on its legality.
Her plan B, within the occasion of the Court docket dismissing the Invoice, is to show the following normal election right into a “de facto” referendum on independence.
She has mentioned that a majority of votes on the election can be a mandate of independence. Nonetheless, Starmer dismissed Sturgeon’s framing of the following election as being solely about this one challenge.
Requested what Labour would do if the SNP will get over 50 per cent of the vote on the subsequent normal election, he mentioned: "I've answered that.
"It does not change the principal place. We go into that election making a case for change.
"We go into that election making the case for a Labour authorities for the entire United Kingdom. And within the native elections I got here to Scotland and the factor that got here up in every single place I went was the price of residing."
He additionally rejected Tory claims a minority Labour Authorities would do a take care of the SNP to get into energy, saying: "No offers going into the election and no offers popping out of the election. And that is not the primary time I've mentioned it. I've mentioned it each single time I have been requested about it.
"And I am going to let you know why, there is no such thing as a alliance to be solid with a celebration that desires to interrupt up the UK. I need a Labour Authorities and I wish to be the Prime Minister for the entire of the UK."
He continued: "There isn't any foundation for an alliance with a celebration whose sole focus is on breaking apart the UK, and due to this fact it is not going to occur. No deal in no deal out."
He added: "This fake patriotism that every thing might be solved by placing a border between Scotland and England is totally mistaken.”
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