Nicola Sturgeon has insisted there remains an "appetite" for a second referendum on Scottish independence next year despite polls suggesting most voters disagree.
The First Minister used an interview with the BBC today to repeat her argument the SNP had a clear mandate from its Holyrood election win last year to put the big constitutional question to the public again.
It comes after a poll by Survation last week found that just 35 per cent of Scots agreed with Sturgeon's timetable for a referendum, with 53 per cent opposed and 12 per cent undecided.
