The Scottish Government plans to hold a second independence referendum in October next year, the Constitution Secretary has said.
However, at the same time as Angus Robertson revealed the possible time for the crunch vote, a former adviser to both Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon cast doubt on whether it could be delivered by then.
Campbell Gunn, who was a special adviser to Salmond and then Sturgeon, said that the “timescale is very difficult”.
