The First Minister knows she is out of cards to wager, and the only play left is the big gamble. But hubris will be her downfall.

Our First Minister might consider her actions this week are being driven by the old proverb that ‘necessity is the mother of invention’, however critics might disagree. Not least since it only holds if there is an essential need for independence forcing her to find ways of getting or achieving it. Judging by the opinion polling evidence, for the majority of Scots the need for a fresh plebiscite on the constitutional question is ambiguous. While a majority of Scots believe there should be one at some point in the future, they are surely not thinking of a timeline within the next five years.

If we look at Panelbase1 and SavantaComRes2 polling we can see that a majority of Scots have been against holding another referendum ‘next year’ for the last few years.

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