Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out plans to unilaterally call a second independence referendum in October 2023 but only if she can persuade the Supreme Court that it is legal. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
Nicola Sturgeon said she accepted that calling a vote without Westminster's agreement would be challenged in court, so rather than wait, she was asking the highest court in the land for a ruling straight away.
She says that if she loses it would prove that the UK was not a voluntary union.
Her opponents accused her of playing a damaging game which would divide Scotland.
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Nicola Sturgeon said she accepted that calling a vote without Westminster's agreement would be challenged in court, so rather than wait, she was asking the highest court in the land for a ruling straight away.
She says that if she loses it would prove that the UK was not a voluntary union.
Her opponents accused her of playing a damaging game which would divide Scotland.
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