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Burnham says ‘too much time is wasted in those dramas’ when asked about Scottish independence – as it happened

The Guardian Politics · 16 October 2026 at 16:18

Burnham says ‘too much time is wasted in those dramas’ when asked about Scottish independence – as it happened

The prime minister is speaking about devolving decision-making powers away from both Westminster and Holyrood towards regions and towns Burnham spoke of Ravenscraig, once the pride of Scotland’s steel industry that employed tens of thousands of people before it closed in 1992.

He said: When it close

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Burnham says ‘too much time is wasted in those dramas’ when asked about Scottish independence – as it happened

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