Shadow chancellor John McDonnell says any decision about a second vote would be up to Holyrood.
Mr McDonnell's comments follow the publication of an opinion poll suggesting the majority of Scots could back independence."growing urgency" for Scotland to become independent"sooner rather than later"Mr McDonnell was also speaking to the LBC broadcaster when he was asked about the possibility of a second independence vote.
"They will take a view about whether they want another referendum. Nicola Sturgeon said by late next year or theHe added:"We would not block something like that. We would let the Scottish people decide. That's democracy.Richard Leonard is opposed to a second independence referendumIn March, Richard Leonard told the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland that if Labour took power in Westminster the party would refuse to grant a Section 30 order.
However, Mr McDonnell said:"The Scottish Parliament will come to a considered view on that and they will submit that to the government and the English Parliament itself.His comments were condemned by his party colleague Ian Murray, the MP for Edinburgh South.
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