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Michael Gove, cabinet office minister was asked whether the UK government will take the matter to court if the Scottish Parliament passes legislation for another referendum on independence.

He replied “no” and called for leaders to acknowledge that the priority should not be court cases or legislation but recovery from the pandemic.

“We should work together as Team UK” he said, “We need to be laser focused on making sure the vaccination programme is a success and work on the recovery.”

He commented that the people of Scotland want jobs and recovery and not a government that wants to take people out of the UK.

Earlier on Andrew Marr, Anas Sarwar said Labour is “back on the pitch again” in Scotland.

However, he added that it is a journey which will take time.

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Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show this morning, the First Minister said it would be “absurd” if the SNP were taken to court on the matter of an independence referendum for Scotland.

She said this would mean the UK government was refusing to accept ‘the democratic wishes of the Scottish people.’ However, the First Minister added that she does not believe a court case will happen.

Ms Sturgeon said the current priority is focusing on handling the pandemic and now is ‘not the time’ for another referendum.

Yet, Ms Sturgeon commented she ‘wouldn’t rule’ out legislation coming to the Scottish Parliament at the beginning of next year

Michael Gove, also speaking on the show, said the UK government will not take the independence referendum to court if the SNP pass legislation for one.

In an interview with Andrew Marr this morning, the First Minister said it would be “completely outrageous” if the UK Government took the issue of an independence referendum to court.

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Ahead of her talks with Boris Johnson later on, Nicola Sturgeon said the UK Government should show the Scottish people ‘some basic respect.’

In an interview with Radio Clyde, the First Minister said: “I think the UK Government should start to show Scotland and the Scottish Parliament some basic respect.

“I’m not talking about me or the SNP here, I’m talking about the people and their parliament, democratically elected.”

“That’s what’s been missing in the past few years.

“So forget about love bombing, how about some basic respect? Starting with some basic respect for our democracy and our democratic processes and how we vote.”