Scotland’s first minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon made a significant statement on progress towards a second independence referendum at Holyrood on Tuesday, sending a personal email to the party’s estimated 119,000 members that said: “The referendum campaign starts here.”
Here we outline Sturgeon’s next steps, and the hurdles that the Scottish government may face in the near future.
What did Sturgeon announce?
Sturgeon told MSPs…