NICOLA Sturgeon has refused to be drawn on the possibility of IndyRef2 being held in 2021 – despite the SNP’s Westminster leader indicating that such a vote could take place towards the end of this year.
Ian Blackford insisted that a vote on Scotland leaving the United Kingdom could take place “as early as late 2021”.
His comments drew a furious reaction from opposition politicians, with Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross insisting such a vote would be “reckless and wholly irresponsible”.
Sturgeon, asked at her daily briefing about the prospect of holding a second independence vote in 2021, said: “I am not getting in to political questions right now. This is a Covid briefing, I am going to stick to that today.”
Her comments came after Blackford said he wanted a second referendum to take place “as quickly as is practically possible”.
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