The pair plan to fund their work through donations and public subscriptions, with polling analysis and other information then released to subscribers. The initiative was warmly welcomed on Sunday by pro-supporters of independence, including Sturgeon, who described it as “brilliant”. After Theresa May’s historic defeat in the Commons last month, the first minister said she would reveal her timetable for a second independence referendum “within a matter of weeks”. She has suggested engagement with voters across the spectrum of Scottish political opinion through a constitutional convention and citizens’ assembly. The initiative comes at at time when the SNP is desperately in need of a fillip.

Source: The Guardian February 03, 2019 13:22 UTC