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Scottish independence campaigners at a demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in January 2019
SCOTTISH SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon ruled out a second independence referendum without permission from Downing Street today — but her deputy suggested it was a possibility.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt stated that the Tory government in Westminster will not grant permission for a public vote.
He spoke out after it emerged that SNP deputy leader Keith Brown told a gathering of separatist activists last month that the SNP should not “be willing to anticipate a refusal of a Section 30 order as a reason not to call a referendum.”
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
