The UK is facing a “shift to the right” in politics, whoever becomes the next Prime Minister, Nicola Sturgeon said, as she insisted independence was now “essential”.
With the Conservative Party currently in the process of electing a successor to Boris Johnson, the First Minister hit out at the “democratic deficit” facing voters north of the border.
The SNP leader hit out as she launched the second paper in a series from the Scottish Government aimed at making a fresh case for Scotland to leave the UK.
