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I would hope that the landowner could be prevailed upon to recognise that this is not a significant commercial enterprise and extracting an ever-increasing toll is not just or practical.

We’re really clear that this session at parliament needs to be used to push those boundaries of devolution and move into those grey areas and demonstrate to people that this is why we’re doing it.

We’ve had a lot of discussion over several years about mechanisms and how we get there [to independence] and we know that generally those conversations don’t inspire those who might be on the fence or soft no voters.

I do think it’s important though that the movement has space to discuss those because that route is very important to some people who are already on the Yes side.

The bill is simple, straightforward and direct, and the UK Government now needs to respect the voice of the Scottish people and Parliament and transfer the necessary powers.

The First Minister has been clear that it is for the people of Scotland to decide their future, not out of touch Westminster politicians.

It provides people with certainty.

This draft bill is simple, straightforward and direct.

In May, the largest number of pro-independence MSPs in history voted to support the call for powers to hold a referendum on Scottish independence to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament.

Unlike the Labour Party and the Tories, the SNP will never work with Reform or do any deals with them.

The SNP is clear that the very real threat of a Nigel Farage Reform UK government makes it all the more important that Scotland has a choice over our future with an independence referendum.

The key point I was making, albeit clumsily, is that the SNP will demand Scotland’s democratic right to choose our own future is respected, regardless of who is in government at Westminster.

We absolutely couldn't stand there and say, ‘Well, we could do this or we could do that with them, or we could do that with them, but we don't really like their politics’.

The pursuit of Scottish independence is at the forefront of everything we do.

We'll negotiate with anybody, we'll help anybody into power, but you don't need to be the last word and psephologist to know what the SNP will demand in exchange for that support.

Scotland is not a region, it is a country. Our future must be decided by the people who live here, not by Westminster.

Any attempt to halt our right to choose our own future will not only show contempt for our parliament but also for our democracy.

There is a growing demand for it, the people of Scotland made that clear when they voted the largest group of pro-Independence MSPs only four months ago.