PM will allow second referendum if SNP wins, says Sturgeon

Scottish first minister tells Guardian fresh poll impossible to resist should her party land majority next month

• Nicola Sturgeon: No 10 cannot stand in the way of independence

Boris Johnson will not oppose a second independence referendum if the Scottish National party wins a majority in the election next month, Nicola Sturgeon has said, with some UK government ministers reportedly conceding it is an inevitability.

In an interview with the Guardian, Scotland's first minister said: If people in Scotland vote for a party saying, when the time is right, there should be an independence referendum', you cannot stand in the way of that - and I don't think that is what will happen."