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| Scotland's first minister has signed a letter formally asking for powers to hold a second Scottish independence referendum. | Scotland's first minister has signed a letter formally asking for powers to hold a second Scottish independence referendum. |
| The Scottish Parliament voted by 69 to 59 on Tuesday in favour of seeking permission for another referendum | The Scottish Parliament voted by 69 to 59 on Tuesday in favour of seeking permission for another referendum |
| Nicola Sturgeon argues Scotland should have the choice on what path to follow in the wake of the Brexit vote. | Nicola Sturgeon argues Scotland should have the choice on what path to follow in the wake of the Brexit vote. |
| The UK government has already said it will block a referendum until after the Brexit process has been completed. | The UK government has already said it will block a referendum until after the Brexit process has been completed. |
| Prime Minister Theresa May, who met Ms Sturgeon for talks in Glasgow on Monday, has repeatedly insisted that "now is not the time". | |
| Constitutional matters are reserved to Westminster so the Scottish government must ask for the powers to hold such a vote to be transferred to Holyrood under a Section 30 order, as was done before the 2014 referendum. | Constitutional matters are reserved to Westminster so the Scottish government must ask for the powers to hold such a vote to be transferred to Holyrood under a Section 30 order, as was done before the 2014 referendum. |
| The Scottish government released a photo of Nicola Sturgeon drafting the letter to Theresa May, with her feet curled up on a sofa at her official residence, Bute House in Edinburgh. | |
| The letter is expected to be sent to Downing Street on Friday. | |
| Ms Sturgeon is seeking a referendum between the autumn next year and spring 2019 - but has indicated she would be willing to negotiate the timing. | |
| If, as expected, the request is declined, Ms Sturgeon has said she will set out her government's next steps in April, when MSPs return to the Scottish Parliament after the Easter recess. | If, as expected, the request is declined, Ms Sturgeon has said she will set out her government's next steps in April, when MSPs return to the Scottish Parliament after the Easter recess. |
| The two-day debate at Holyrood on an independence referendum began last week but was suspended as news of the terror attack at Westminster emerged. | |
| When it resumed on Tuesday, the minority SNP government was backed by the pro-independence Scottish Greens in the vote, with the Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems opposed. | |
| Scottish voters rejected independence by 55% to 45% in a referendum in 2014, but Ms Sturgeon believes the UK voting to leave the EU is a material change in circumstances which means people should again be asked the question. | |
| While the UK as a whole voted to leave, Scotland voted by 62% to 38% to remain in the EU. |