NICOLA Sturgeon intends to hold a consultative Scottish independence referendum on October 19, 2023 – and has already taken steps to confirm the legality of such a vote.
Speaking in a major announcement at Holyrood, the First Minister said that to achieve “legal clarity” over the Scottish Government’s plans, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain, the Scottish Government’s most senior law officer, had agreed to refer the matter to the UK Supreme Court.
