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The future for Scotland

Will there be another referendum on Scottish independence?

Scotland's first minister Nicola Surgeon is threatening to call another referendum because she is cross that most Scots voted to remain in Europe but will have to leave anyway.

At the Scottish Conservative Party conference Theresa May said she was "determined" to ensure that "we leave the EU as one United Kingdom".

James Naughtie recaps the battle between the first minister and the PM.

The Scottish National Party's spokesperson on Brexit, Stephen Gethins, and the secretary of state for Scotland, David Mundell discuss the options for Scotland.

(Photo: "Referendum cupcakes" featuring a Scottish Saltire, (L) a Union flag (R) and a question mark. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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