Nicola Sturgeon has declared she will not "allow Scottish democracy to be a prisoner of Westminster" after the Supreme Court struck down her referendum plan.
A panel of five judges in London unanimously ruled yesterday the Scottish Parliament does not have the power to organise an IndyRef2 without the prior agreement of the UK Government.
It means the SNP leader cannot proceed with her plan to hold a second national vote on independence on October 19 next year. The First Minister said she would now proceed with her Plan B of using the next UK general election as a "de facto" referendum.
