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NICOLA STURGEON will push for a second independence referendum before Britain leaves the EU, the First Minister announced yesterday.
Her predecessor Alex Salmond said the issue had been “settled for a generation” when voters rejected independence by a 55 to 45 per cent margin in 2014.
But Ms Sturgeon said there had been a “significant and material change in the circumstances in which Scotland voted against independence” in the wake of Thursday’s Leave vote.
KENNY MacASKILL says the lines between party, government and Civil Service in Scotland have been blurred and we need a thorough investigation into how
KENNY MacASKILL looks at the depth of the corruption tolerated within the Scottish National Party and the efforts to keep it from public scrutiny
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
On the release of her memoir that reveals everything except politics, Sturgeon’s endless media coverage has focused on her panic attacks, sexuality and personal tragedies while ignoring her government’s many failures, writes PAULINE BRYAN