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		</div><p>Nicola Sturgeon has said she would want to accelerate plans for a second independence referendum if a new British prime minister opted for a harder Brexit.</p>
<p>The First Minister reiterated her belief that Scotland should have the choice again before the end of this term of the Scottish Parliament.</p>
<p>Legislation is to be introduced by the Scottish Government later this month setting out the rules of a second poll after 55% of voters said no to independence in 2014.</p>
<p>Speaking on ITV’s Peston programme, she was asked how Brexit plans of a successor to Theresa May would impact on the case for another vote north of the border.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nicolasturgeon</a> says she would accelerate plans for an independence referendum if a successor to Theresa May decided to go for a hard Brexit. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Peston?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Peston</a> <a href="https://t.co/A0nmWCU5E0">pic.twitter.com/A0nmWCU5E0</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Peston (@itvpeston) <a href="https://twitter.com/itvpeston/status/1128742720938205185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The SNP leader said: <em>“I think it would certainly see a lot of people want to bring that choice for Scotland to be independent as close as possible.”</em></p>
<p>When asked if that is what she would want to see it sooner, Ms Sturgeon replied: <em>“Yes, I think I would.</em></p>
<p><em>“The point I was going to make is we’ve got to put the plans in place, we’ve got to pass the legislation we’ll introduce later this month.</em></p>
<p><em>“Just as 2014 was very different to the Brexit vote, I want the future choice for that decision to be one that people come to with the maximum amount of information.”</em></p>
<p>During the interview she highlighted a “possible compromise” in leaving the EU put forward by the Scottish Government in December 2016.</p>
<p>While describing the single market and customs union membership plan as <em>“not the preferred option”</em>, Ms Sturgeon added it was “better than a harder Brexit” if remaining was not an option.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A brexit vote in a Second Referendum would only cause Scotland to ‘step-up’ its struggle to remain <a href="https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nicolasturgeon</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/Peston?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@peston</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Peston?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Peston</a>. <a href="https://t.co/Yppd3fue7S">pic.twitter.com/Yppd3fue7S</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Peston (@itvpeston) <a href="https://twitter.com/itvpeston/status/1128742251029352449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>She was also asked if Britain voted to leave again how it would impact Scotland’s “struggle to remain”.</p>
<p>Ms Sturgeon said: <em>“At that point the struggle for the UK to remain may be over, but I’m not going to speculate beyond that.</em></p>
<p><em>“Certainly, the struggle for Scotland as an independent country to remain would be by no means over, but perhaps just stepping up a few gears.”</em></p>
<p>She added: <em>“I think now we are in the position of actually seeing remaining in the EU as a distinct possibility, that’s always been our preferred option and it’s the one we’re going to continue to argue for.”</em></p>
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