Nicola Sturgeon accepted the decision but insists the fight isn't over
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been left 'very disappointed' after the UK Supreme Court ruled that a second independence referendum cannot be held without permission.However the hopes of another vote regarding the country's future have not been 'abandoned' by the SNP with their eyes now firmly set on the next UK election.
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In fact Nicola Sturgeon believes the Supreme Court's ruling is actually proving the SNP's point and reigniting the fire under independence voters "While it is absolutely the case - if the UK was a voluntary partnership - that this would not be needed, it remains open to the UK government, however belatedly, to accept democracy and reach agreement.
"In this case, for the SNP, it will be to establish - just as in a referendum - majority support in Scotland for independence, so that we can then achieve independence."
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