Nicola Sturgeon calls for new Scottish independence vote

Scotland's first minister uses first letter to Boris Johnson to ask for alternative Brexit option

Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has written to Boris Johnson to tell him that she is "looking forward" to discussing with him her proposals for a second independence referendum.

Using her first letter to the new prime minister to remind him of Scottish government analysis which found that a no-deal Brexit could cost 100,000 jobs across Scotland, she writes: "Given your public comments about leaving the EU on October 31 with or without a deal, "come what may" and "do or die" , it is now - more than ever - essential that in Scotland we have an alternative option".