SCOTTISH actor Martin Compston has responded to Tory plans to allow Scots living elsewhere in the UK to get a vote in a second independence referendum.

It was reported earlier today that senior Tories want Boris Johnson to allow people who were born in Scotland and now live in other parts of the UK to get a vote in a second referendum.

The move had been debated for the 2014 vote but was not implemented.

In a now-deleted tweet, Compston seems to have been criticised for being a Scot that lives outside of Scotland.

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The Line of Duty star initially asked why he was being tagged in something about Scots living elsewhere voting in indyref2.

Compston then tweeted: "It’s why you think I don’t have say in the first place I’m asking about. I live here and pay tax here.

"I don’t think anyone living outside Scotland should be able to vote on its future. Anyone can have an opinion and has the right to voice it but it’s votes that matter."

Although spending time away from Scotland for work, Compston has a home in Greenock, where he grew up.

He was backed up by many Twitter users that confirmed he does indeed live in Scotland.

The Tory plan to influence another independence vote would see about 800,000 people born in Scotland but living in England, and around 50,000 who stay in Wales, being allowed to vote on indyref2.

The Tories believe that the vast majority of these votes would be in favour of Scotland remaining in the Union.

Senior Conservative sources told the Times that there was precedent for the move with British citizens living abroad given a vote in the 2016 EU referendum.

The report said a Cabinet minister and a senior Tory member are urging the Prime Minister to get out in front of another plebiscite in an effort to save the Union.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon condemned the move to "rig" the referendum but noted that it was a grudging acceptance from the Tories that indyref2 is going to happen.

She tweeted: "I see the anti independence campaign is trying to rig the rules of indyref2 again (tho in doing so they also concede that it’s going to happen).

"Maybe they should just argue their case on its merits and allow everyone who lives in Scotland to decide democracy."

In the plans outlined in the Times, the Tory figures also wanted to see Ruth Davidson be appointed as a constitutional secretary. Davidson stepped down as Scottish Tory leader and is expected to enter the House of Lords after being nominated for a peerage.

The new role would effectively make Davidson head of the pro-Union campaign.

Davidson told The Times that she would not rule out a ministerial job in the future, but indicated that the time is not yet right.

When asked about the potential for the plot outlined by the anonymous Tories, a UK Government spokesperson said: "The sole priority of the UK Government is on continuing to roll out the UK’s life-saving vaccine programme and recovering from this health and economic emergency.

"It is our duty and our responsibility to focus entirely on Covid recovery. That is what people in Scotland, rightly, expect."