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SENIOR SNP figures have said a plan to make the next Westminster election a de facto independence referendum is “dead in the water”.

In today’s newsletter: The first minister’s shock resignation this week raises many questions about the future of her party and nation

THE SNP must move the debate on independence from “process to substance” in the wake of Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation, the party’s…

The source of the division, senior SNP sources say, is the outgoing First ­Minister’s strategy which they believe has led them up a political cul-de-sac.

The SNP’s Westminster leader, Stephen Flynn, noted that his own party would enter the next general election with ‘fresh leadership’.

As the news broke online of Nicola Sturgeon’s intention to resign “everyone in SNP HQ was just stunned into silence”.

KEIR Starmer’s Labour Party are poised for a takeover in Westminster at the next General Election - but will Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation…

In the wake of Nicola Sturgeon’s surprise resignation, it cannot be overlooked that she became leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) after it had suffered a double blow. The party had failed to achieve its cherished goal of independence in 2014, and lost its (then) best asset, Alex Salmond.

SNP scraps conference on first minister’s proposal to use next general election as ‘de facto referendum’

The New Zealand PM cited burnout, while Sturgeon blamed the "brutality" of public life.

The party’s ruling body will meet on Thursday night to discuss a timetable for the contest.