SNP split over referendum priority in Brexit delay

A split has emerged at the top of the SNP over how to use the six-month delay to Brexit. Nicola Sturgeon said the time should be used to hold a second EU referendum. However senior members of her party responded by saying the priority should be a second vote on independence instead. Western Isles MP Angus Brendan MacNeil said the SNP should not be 'kicking the Indyref2 can' down the road. He suggested on Twitter that a referendum could be held as soon as August “but Scot Gov would need to campaign on that and not Euroref2 to be a reality”.