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Referendum plan revealed

Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins hear why John Swinney updated his strategy to secure an independence referendum on the day Keir Starmer met Donald Trump at Turnberry.

Why has John Swinney updated his strategy for securing a second independence referendum on a day the news is dominated by Donald Trump?

We ask David Wallace Lockhart, who’s been talking to the first minister and SNP leader about it.

And just how awkward was prime minister Sir Keir Starmer’s trip to Trump Turnberry for talks with the US president?

Scotcast is the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Natalie Higgins and Laura Miller.

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