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Sturgeon: UK wants Scotland only for its resources

SCOTLAND is closer to independence than ever before, SNP deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon has said.

FREE SPEECH: Alex Salmond applauds deputy Nicola Sturgeon after she rouses the party faithful on independence. Picture: David Moir/Reuters
FREE SPEECH: Alex Salmond applauds deputy Nicola Sturgeon after she rouses the party faithful on independence. Picture: David Moir/Reuters

She claimed opponents were being engulfed in panic because they knew they were losing the argument.

Ms Sturgeon told a packed SNP conference in Inverness that for the UK parties the independence debate was not about what was in the best interests of Scotland.