WHITEHALL has brushed aside the Scottish Government’s insistence that Nicola Sturgeon has a mandate to call for a second independence referendum, arguing that Scotland’s Claim of Right does not uphold the First Minister’s position. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16982455.whitehall-flatly-rejects-claim-nicola-sturgeon-has-mandate-to-call-for-indyref2/?ref=rss