Activists urge Sturgeon to ‘trust the yes movement’

Nicola Sturgeon faces calls from veteran independence activists to “trust the yes movement”, as MPs and MSPs struggle to unite around her “de facto referendum” plan amid fears it could kill off independence for decades if it fails. Sturgeon confirmed that the Scottish National party would run the next general election as a “de facto referendum” after the supreme court ruled that her government could not legislate for a second independence vote without Westminster’s approval, which has been consistently refused. But some on the proindependence side have many questions about the strategy.