Nicola Sturgeon may move to hold indyref2 without UK Government

Nicola Sturgeon has warned she may be prepared to press ahead with plans for a "consultative" referendum on independence without the UK Government if Boris Johnson continues to rule out a repeat of the 2014 vote on leaving the UK.. But the SNP leader admitted in a speech to supporters today that such a move could set the Yes movement back and warned supporters that this was not her preferred strategy at the moment. The First Minister warned that the legal position on whether the Scottish Parliament could stage such a vote is "unclear" but that she may be ready to test this in court and rejected claims it would be a "wildcat" vote. The issue of whether such a move would be outside the powers...