Nicola Sturgeon: Scots must send 'resounding message' over independence vote

First minister tells rally general election is ‘most important one Scotland has faced in our lifetimes’. Nicola Sturgeon has urged supporters to “get on with the job” of securing a new independence referendum, as the Conservative and Labour parties harden their stance on granting Holyrood the powers to hold second vote, before a Scottish election campaign that promises to be dominated once again by the constitution. At a rally in Glasgow on Saturday afternoon, the first m