The SNP's Prospect for an Independence Referendum Is Off

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The prospect of a referendum is off for the rest of this decade at least, says Matthew Fraser. Two big obstacles stood in the way of another independence referendum, he adds. The party will meet for a special convention in Dundee on Friday to attempt to settle on a formula which will unite the party - and that's the most animating course. "This remarkable shift that we are seeing in Scottish politics has some distance yet to run"

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