As Scotland commemorated the 10th anniversary of the separatists’ defeat in the 2014 referendum, it was inevitable that the SNP would seek to signal its continued pursuit of independence. What was missing amid the bravado on display from First Minister John Swinney was any sense of realism about either his party’s or his country’s predicament.

Nicola Sturgeon has issued a somewhat delusional three-word statement 10 years after the failure of Scottish Independence. The former First Minister has urged independence supporters to "keep the faith" after insisting she was "as confident as ever" that Scotland will become independent one day.

Nicola Sturgeon has predicted that Scotland will become an independent country as part of a “wider shake-up” of the UK, as senior figures across Scottish politics reflect on the 10th anniversary of the referendum.

Ten years after the Scottish independence referendum, the former first minister predicts a "very healthy realignment" of the UK in years to come.

This Wednesday is the anniversary of that great day exactly 10 years ago when my fellow Scots kept their heads and said “No” to the potentially disastrous plan by Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon to break up Britain and end the 307-year-old Union with England.

I'm certain Scotland will be independent in my lifetime