Nicola Sturgeon tweet shows her working on independence letter

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March 30, 2017 at 11:11PM

First minister sends out image of her drafting request to Theresa May for new Scotland referendum, in echo of PM’s article 50 photo

Nicola Sturgeon has tweeted a photograph of herself working on an official letter asking Theresa May for powers to hold a fresh independence referendum for Scotland.

The photograph, in an unusually informal pose and setting, showing the first minister with her legs curled under her on a sofa at her official residence in Edinburgh, was sent out from Bute House on her official account – @ScotGovFM – in a deliberate echo of the images sent from Downing Street of the prime minister signing her article 50 letter this week.

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