Scottish independence: Britain faces 'constitutional crisis' at next election

By Andrew Grice and Nigel Morris, 10 September 2014
Labour leader Ed Miliband with Liverpool City Council leader Joe Anderson
Labour leader Ed Miliband with Liverpool City Council leader Joe Anderson, raising a Saltire on Liverpool waterfront on Tuesday. PA
<p>Ministers are under pressure to explain how they would respond if Scots vote for independence, as it emerged that Labour is on course to win the general election only because of its strong support in Scotland.&nbsp;The latest “poll of polls” for The Independent suggests that Ed Miliband will win an overall majority of 32 next May. But if Scottish MPs are excluded, there would be a hung parliament, with Labour three seats short of a majority.</p><div>[toc hidden:1]</div>
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