Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has insisted she is "absolutely certain" Scotland will become independent within her lifetime. But her predecessor, Alex Salmond, has told Channel Four News she has "wasted" political opportunities. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I am as certain as it's possible to be that Scotland will be independent and well within my lifetime.
00:04The reason we couldn't secure a referendum I don't think was down to
00:09failures of strategy or not trying hard enough.
00:13It was down to that Westminster democracy denial.
00:16I think the fact that she jumped so early, like she couldn't even wait to do it,
00:20allows people like me, who had been avowed Remain campaigners, to stand up and say
00:24look, my Remain vote wasn't a vote for independence.
00:26Don't you dare say that voting to stay in the EU was a vote for Scotland to leave the UK,
00:31because it wasn't.
00:32And we managed to hold the line and get through that really tricky period.
00:36And had she played that differently, I'm not sure we would.
00:39I wasn't to know then that the ten years since would be wasted
00:43and political opportunities would go a-begging and for no apparent reason.