SCOTLAND becoming independent would “infringe on human rights”, TV presenter Neil Oliver has claimed.
The former NTS president, who previously described the possibility of a new independence referendum as a “cancerous presence”, said he did not want the Government to “take away my nationality and replace it with another”.
Oliver, who is also on the advisory council for Unionist think tank These Islands, spoke to Martin Daubney on Unlocked, a self-described “common-sense media channel for those abandoned by the MSM”.
Days after the 15th consecutive poll showed majority support for Scottish independence, the Coast presenter said: "For me to draw a new hard-line separating Scotland from England in that formal sense is a backwards step. I prefer what I've always had and I bridle at the thought that someone can take away my nationality and replace it with another.
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"I push that to a point as something that infringes on my human rights.
"I'm a British citizen, that's how I see myself.
"Not in an argumentative way, I don't see that I should have to cede my right to understand myself as I am to some politician."
The IPSOS Mori poll this week showed 56% for independence compared to 44% in favour of the Union.
It was published after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the SNP conference her party would commit to a referendum in the early part of the new parliament if they win in 2021.
The poll showed the SNP are on track for a majority with 55% of the constituency vote and 47% of the list vote, way ahead of the Tories on 22%.
The study also revealed the public trust the SNP significantly more on a range of key issues including education, the economy and the NHS.
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