No plans for EU membership vote in independent Scotland, says Sturgeon

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon insisted Boris Johnson cannot ‘stand in the way of a referendum’ if Scots vote for it in May’s election (Andy Buchanan/PA)

Nicola Sturgeon has said she has no plans to call a separate referendum on whether an independent Scotland should join the European Union.

She said a “detailed prospectus” would be put to Scots ahead of any second independence referendum, and she claimed most people would want to be part of the EU again.