The Liberal Democrats have told the SNP and Scottish Greens they “won’t play their game”, as the pro-independence parties seek to make the next election a de facto referendum on independence.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the leadership of the Greens have vowed to make the next Westminster general election a ballot solely on Scotland’s place in the UK.

That came after the Supreme Court ruled the Scottish Parliament cannot stage a second independence referendum without Westminster’s consent.

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has branded the move “unspeakably arrogant” as he insisted his party will never support using an election as a substitute for a referendum.

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