Scottish independence would be like Brexit on a rocket to Mars, Lib Dem warns

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said now is not the time for another ‘divisive, all-consuming’ referendum (PA)

Independence for Scotland would be like Brexit on a rocket to Mars, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has said.

Speaking at the UK Liberal Democrat spring conference, Mr Rennie said now is not the moment for the “long, divisive, argumentative, exhausting, all-consuming event” of another referendum on the issue.