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EU vote gives the right to indyref 2

Nicola Sturgeon is well within her rights to draw up plans for a second vote on independence.

The First Minister won a landslide election victory in May on a manifesto that promised another referendum if Scotland was being dragged out of the EU against its will.

Five months on, those are exactly the circumstances we find ourselves in.

Even worse, Scotland faces the prospect of a right-wing Tory Government it didn’t vote for pushing for an economically devastating hard Brexit.

And don’t get us started on the embarrassing message sent out to the world by the appointment of prize-winning buffoon Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary.

Back in 2014, we were told only by staying in the UK could Scotland guarantee its place in Europe. It turned out to be nonsense.

The vote for Brexit in England and Wales – largely inspired by a nasty anti-immigrant sentiment that isn’t shared by Scotland – is what has threatened our status.

In 2014, the Daily Record came to the conclusion that the economic argument for independence had not been made.

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That may well still be the case and there is no guarantee that the economic fallout of Brexit will make any difference either.

Furthermore, polling evidence, as far as it can be believed, suggests there has been no dramatic change in Scots’ views on independence. The majority still appear to favour staying in the UK.

The truth is that the self-inflicted wound of Brexit means we are facing tough times and uncertainty whatever Scotland’s constitutional future turns out to be.

But the circumstances under which we voted in 2014 have certainly changed and the SNP are entitled to put the question again.

Heroes one and all

The plight of Ava Stark has touched the hearts of a nation.

Astonishingly, more than 48,000 heroes have volunteered to be potential bone marrow donors since we first told of the plucky three-year-old’s desperate fight for life.

And 37,314 people signed up with charities Anthony Nolan and DKMS within a day of us revealing the devastating news her stem cell transplant had been cancelled for the second time in four months.

Ava and her brave mum Marie deserve every support. The wee Peppa Pig fan will fight this illness every step of the way.

And the Daily Record’s army of readers will be right there to help her.

Great grappling

THE return of World of Sport Wrestling to ITV will bring back fond memories for many.

Fans of all ages watched legends like Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks do battle on a Saturday afternoon.

The new version will do well to draw anything like the 18million viewers the sport attracted at its peak.

But with the Daily Record’s own gutsy grappler Grado confirmed as starring in the show, you never know.