‘Give it a rest, Nicola!’ Sturgeon pushes for new poll on independence

NICOLA Sturgeon was yesterday urged to “give it a rest” and focus on delivering for Scotland after the SNP’s push for another divisive independence referendum began.

- Richard Percival

The Scottish First Minister kicked off a new campaign by making clear she was re-elected last May on a “clear commitment to give the people of Scotland the choice of becoming an independent country”.

She released a series of supportive documents for the split which, she said, would help to put together a “full, frank and constructive” debate on a second vote for separation over the coming months.

Ms Sturgeon said that not being independent in recent years has been to Scotland’s “great cost”.

Challenges

She said: “The very fact of just being independent, for any country in the world, doesn’t magically guarantee success. What it does do is put the levers that determine success into your own hands.”