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23.01.2022 - 14:37 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Nicola Sturgeon has said she is "determined" that Scots will be able to vote at a second referendum on independence by the end of next year.
The First Minister used an interview today to claim Scotland faced a choice between going its own way or sticking with the "chaotic instability" of Westminster.
The SNP leader again pointed to her party's election victory at last year's Holyrood poll as proof she has a mandate to ask the country the big constitutional question for the second time in a decade.
Sturgeon declined to say when legislation paving the way for an IndyRef2 would be introduced at the Scottish Parliament - but hinted it could be in the "coming weeks".
There is a pro-independence majority of MSPs at Holyrood but the power to hold a legally-binding referendum rests with the UK Government.
Boris Johnson has repeatedly insisted the result of the 2014 independence vote must be respected.
Asked when legislation would be tabled, Sturgeon told the BBC: "The preparatory work is underway right now - but we haven't decided on the date when we would seek to introduce the bill.
"What I have said, and I will happily say again, is that my intention is to take the steps that will facilitate a referendum happening before the end of 2023.
"That's the proposition, that just short of a year ago, I fought an election on and was reelected as First Minister.
"This is about democracy. It's about allowing the people of Scotland to choose our own future.
"For goodness sake, when we look at everything that is happening - and has been happening for years now - at Westminster, the chaotic instability, the unpredictability, there are a growing number of people who think we could do better as an independent country."
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