Sturgeon: voters should have right to choose Brexit or independence

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Nicola Sturgeon. Credit: Russell Cheyne/PA Wire/PA Images

Scottish voters should have the right to choose between the "significant and profound" change that Brexit will cause and independence, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

The First Minister was reopening a debate at Holyrood over her calls for a second independence referendum.

Nicola Sturgeon and Theresa May. Credit: RUSSELL CHEYNE/PA Wire/PA Images

The debate in Holyrood is currently underway, and SNP and Green MSPs are expected to join forces to vote for a second independence referendum.

The proposal for a second referendum would then be considered by the UK government in Westminster, and Prime Minister Theresa May has already said she would not agree to a referendum before Brexit.