While Britain is distracted by boozy parties at 10 Downing Street, the SNP's leader in Westminster, Ian Blackford, joins the Telegraph's associate editor, Christopher Hope to sink his teeth into one of the biggest political questions of the next few years: will we soon see an Independent Scotland?

       Plus Ian reveals how he really feels having to work alongside a Tory government, claims Scotland will keep the pound in the event they leave the Union, and has some measured words on Covid rules north of the border.

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