THERE should be no requirement of a ‘super majority’ in a second independence referendum the Scottish Government has said.

Michael Russell, minister for the constitution, said that imposing a threshold on a yes vote would be undemocratic and wrong.

He was asked by Glasgow Kelvin MSP, Sandra White, what the government position was on there being a need for a two thirds majority for a second vote.

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Mr Russell said: “The Bill doesn’t propose a super majority. One persons vote is worth as much as anyone else's.”

He said it would be an “artificial cheat” to impose a requirement for a threshold greater than a simple majority.

Mr Russell added: “The more we hear from Tories on this the more we learn they don’t think they can win and want to silence the people of Scotland.”

Green co-leader, Patrick Harvie, said: “A two thirds majority is a tacit admission by those opposed to independence that they can’t get more than one third of the vote.”

Acting Tory leader, Jackson Carlaw, said that it was not Conservative policy to require a super majority in any future referendum.