SCOTTISH Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has warned supporters that the SNP are keen on independence.

In the letter to Friends of the Union, a Tory group of No voters, Davidson says she hadn’t realised how much the UK meant to her until she was “fighting for its survival”.

“Strip away the SNP’s spin, however, and it’s clear that Nicola Sturgeon intends to press ahead with a re-run of the referendum as soon as she thinks the time is right for her,” Davidson wrote. “My fear is that her actions will trap Scotland in a constitutional no-man’s land – putting a handbrake on Scotland’s future, while the rest of the UK and the world moves on.

“Scotland doesn’t want to go back to another referendum.

“Scotland wants to move forward. Scotland needs to move forward. Scotland must be given the chance to move forward within the UK, as the people of this county voted and demanded it should. Our business and our families need us to. One year on, it’s time the SNP put country first and move on as well.”

After the First Minister warned Cameron he was on “borrowed time”, the Tory MSP said: “ Nicola Sturgeon is trying to ride both horses at the moment. She’s trying to reassure the country, but also fire up her membership.

“Today she’s been talking about the Union being on borrowed time, but she’s also been telling her members that an impatient 45 per cent is still only 45 per cent.”