Video report by ITV News UK Editor Paul Brand
Independence is again on the agenda as voters head to the ballot in Scotland s general election, whether they want it to be or not.
For many near the border with England, it’s an issue they’d rather leave in the past.
“There’s been too much Covid and Brexit at the moment and I’d rather just leave the country alone to get back on its feet,” said one voter in Hawick, a town in the south of Scotland.
In 2014, the Scottish borders made their stance very clear in the Independence Referendum – rejecting a break-up with the UK by two to one.
Alex Salmond claims he could have destroyed Nicola Sturgeon s career
Plus, the First Minister says her opponents attempted to break her during the controversy into whether she broke the ministerial code
3 May 2021 • 7:54pm
Alba Party leader Alex Salmond hit the campaign trail in Edinburgh ahead of the Scottish elections
Credit: Jane Barlow /PA
Alex Salmond has claimed that he could have destroyed Nicola Sturgeon s political career if he had wanted to during their long-running feud over sexual harassment allegations against him.
The former First Minister told an American magazine that if I wanted to destroy her, that could have been done .
SNP accused of letting down patients in most deprived parts of Scotland
Research shows Scots living in the least well-off neighbourhoods are more likely to suffer from serious illness and less likely to survive a cancer diagnosis.
10:10, 4 MAY 2021
Updated
Poorer Scots less likely to survive a cancer diagnosis research shows
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Scottish election a simple decision between recovery or independence, Ruth Davidson warns
The former Scottish Tory leader calls on anti-referendum Labour and Lib Dems supporters to vote Tory on the regional list to stop the SNP
4 May 2021 • 6:00am
Ruth Davidson has warned that an SNP majority would drag Scotland back into a divisive and damaging independence referendum
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The Holyrood election campaign has come down to one simple decision between recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and a second independence referendum, Ruth Davidson has told voters ahead of polling day.
In an open letter sent to hundreds of thousands of Scots, Ms Davidson said the country must be 100 per cent focused on recovery and nothing else to rebuild the economy, the NHS and the education system.
Tory leader Douglas Ross pounds Renfrew streets to boost party candidate s election bid
Renfrewshire North and West candidate Julie Pirone is aiming to become the area s first Conservative MSP
Douglas Ross joined Julie Pirone on the Conservative campaign trail in Renfrew
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