Ruth davidson blasts nicola sturgeon over independence bid

Addressing the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, the MSP launched a furious tirade against the SNP's continuing bid to hold a second Scottish independence referendum. Ms

Davidson, the opposition leader to Ms Sturgeon in the Holyrood parliament, urged voters not to "believe a word" of what the First Minister told them. She said: "You see Nicola

Sturgeon on the TV most weeks telling you how Scotland is up in arms, again, threatening the break-up of Britain. "Asserting independence is closer now than ever before, declaring

separation is somehow inevitable. "Today, speaking to people here from across the UK, I want to make this clear. Don’t believe a word of it. "There is nothing inevitable about the

break-up of this great nation and I for one will fight it every inch and so will thousands with me." In a blistering attack on Ms Sturgeon and her party, Ms Davidson insisted the SNP

"doesn't speak for all of Scotland and nor does it have the right to". In the wake of the historic Brexit vote, the nationalist First Minister has insisted a second

independence referendum for Scotland is "back on the table". But Ms Davidson told Ms Sturgeon she is "not speaking for the majority". She said: "The majority of us

want to move on. "The majority have no wish to return to the divisions of the past – we want to seize the opportunities of the future. "Most Scots have had enough and they are

telling her – for pity’s sake, First Minister, let this go." _MORE TO FOLLOW…_