Sturgeon insists Scots have a ‘right’ to another independence vote

Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland is on the ‘brink of making history’ (Jeff J Mitchell/PA)

Scotland is a “nation on the brink of making history”, Nicola Sturgeon declared, as she insisted the country’s people have the “right” to choose their own future in a second  independence referendum.

While British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vetoed SNP calls for a fresh vote on the issue, the First Minister has said she hopes another ballot could be held in the early part of the next term of the Scottish Parliament.