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Scottish Tory leader Findlay says SNP's indy 'obsession' is dangerously irresponsible
Russell Findlay said breaking up the UK would be "a gift to our enemies"
Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay has described the SNP's "obsession" with independence as "dangerously irresponsible".
First Minister John Swinney has said he wants to hold a second Scottish independence referendum by 2031, despite successive prime ministers refusing to countenance another poll.
Findlay said that while the United Kingdom continues to face "grave threats" from China, Russia and Iran, a divided UK would be "a gift to our enemies".
And he called on Swinney to respect the result of the 2014 referendum where a majority of Scots voted no to independence.
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Findlay told BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show: "Today's world is more dangerous than it has been for many, many years.
"Right now, it's no longer just dangerously divisive of the SNP to continue agitating to break up the United Kingdom, it is actually dangerously irresponsible."
Findlay defended the Scottish Tories' decision not to back a vote in the Scottish Parliament which states that the people of Scotland have the right to determine their own future.