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First Minister John Swinney has called for talks with Prime Minister Andy Burnham over the legal mechanism for any future independence referendum, amid confusion over recent comments by Mr Burnham on the issue. Mr Burnham, who had previously described a referendum as "off the table", had said in the Commons that Scotland was in "exactly the same situation" as Northern Ireland, where the Good Friday Agreement allows for a poll where there is "a clear consensus in the country, when public opinion has changed to the point where the call has to be considered". While Mr Burnham again insisted on Thursday that "independence and a referendum are off limits", Mr Swinney said that when "a Prime Minister sets out his view to the House of Commons, I think that should be taken as the most authoritative statement of a Prime Minister", and said he has "written to him to discuss how we turn that principle into a legal mechanism".
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