Good morning to all First Edition readers, except the one who messaged me to note that I look a bit blotchy in the above byline shot, and who I’m just working out whether I’m allowed to summarily unsubscribe for his cruel acuity.
Anyway. An awful lot has changed in the UK in the eight years since Scotland’s 2014 independence referendum, but one thing hasn’t: the SNP’s ambition for Scotland to go it alone. Shortly after 2pm today, Nicola Sturgeon will set out her plans for a new referendum, which she hopes to hold in October next year despite implacable opposition in Westminster.
