HOLYROOD'S opposition parties will get a say in formal cross-Border talks to shape an independent Scotland if voters opt to leave the UK, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
HOLYROOD'S opposition parties will get a say in formal cross-Border talks to shape an independent Scotland if voters opt to leave the UK, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
POSITIVE POWER: Nicola Sturgeon was trying to woo non-SNP voters to the cause of independence in her speech at the Barony Hall in Glasgow. Picture: Nick Ponty
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In a keynote speech on the constitution, she said Scotland's Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders would argue the country's case as strongly as Alex Salmond if they were defeated in the referendum.
Opposition parties, trade unions, charities, churches and other civic bodies would also be consulted on creating a written constitution for the new state, the Deputy First Minister said.
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