for an IndyRef2 that Nationalists plan to hold in the "early stages of the next parliamentary term". But pro-Union campaigners said the move was proof the SNP was "out of touch" with the public mood.
Nationalists have grown in confidence over the last 12 months as a series of opinion polls have found growing support for independence.
The party is widely expected to win May's Holyrood election and use it as a springboard to demand another referendum.Brown, the SNP's campaign director, said: "Our independence task force at SNP headquarters will be welcomed by party members and grassroots Yes activists across the country."I really believe that when I make the appointment it will also fire-up the wider Yes movement.“The staff at SNP HQ do an.