Second independence referendum “is going to happen”, says Nicola Sturgeon

A second referendum on Scottish independence “is going to happen”, according to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Appearing on the Andrew Marr Show, Sturgeon said she would have greater clarity regarding the future of Brexit over the next few weeks, alongside how the process might affect a push for a second vote on leaving the UK, arguing “it's reasonable for me to know what the starting point of that journey is going to be and the context in which we are going to be embarking on it”.

The FM travelled to London at the weekend to take part in large-scale demonstrations to demand a second Brexit referendum, warning “our voice has been ignored”.

Organisers of the march say more than a million people attended the march, which saw Sturgeon speak alongside Conservative peer Michael Heseltine and former Attorney General Dominic Grieve, Labour's London Mayor Sadiq Kahn and MPs Jess Phillips and David Lammy.

Appearing on the BBC, she added: "The experience of the last, almost three years now: Scotland's vote ignored, the voice of the Scottish parliament ignored, all of the consequences that flow from Brexit completely outwith our control.

"That really does make the case for independence very very powerfully."

Sturgeon said: "Another Scottish independence referendum is going to happen.

"Nothing in this life is absolutely certain but I think it's as inevitable as its possible to be.

"Before I set forward a path for Scotland I think it's reasonable for me to know what the starting point of that journey is going to be and the context in which we are going to be embarking on it.

"We need to know - and hopefully we will know this over the next few days and over the next three weeks.

"Is the UK leaving the EU? Is it leaving with a deal? Is it leaving with no deal or is it not leaving at all, perhaps looking at another referendum?"