Nicola Sturgeon will right now publish the second in a collection of papers aimed toward convincing Scots of the advantages of independence.
The First Minister will maintain a press convention at Bute Home in Edinburgh the place she is going to reply questions on her authorities's push to carry a second referendum.
The SNP chief final month instructed MSPs her intention was to carry an IndyRef2 on October 19 subsequent yr - however provided that Supreme Courtroom judges declared such a plan was authorized.
The UK Authorities has to this point refused to grant a Part 30 order which might quickly mortgage Holyrood the authorized powers required to stage a referendum.
Sturgeon is about to blast Westminster's place and declare Scotland faces a "democratic deficit" in consequence.
The First Minister is anticipated to say: "This dialogue couldn't be extra well timed or pressing - the democratic deficit Scotland faces isn't a latest phenomenon, however the proof of it now's starker than ever.
"A Prime Minister with no democratic endorsement from Scotland is about to get replaced by one more Prime Minister that Scotland hasn’t voted for - and wouldn’t vote for even when we got the possibility.
"All Scotland ever hears from UK politicians as of late is democracy denial. They commerce opinions on what number of years it ought to be earlier than Westminster would possibly ‘enable’ us to make a democratic selection about our personal future.
"The truth that the Scottish individuals have repeatedly elected a majority within the Scottish Parliament dedicated to an independence referendum is handled as immaterial. You don’t need to be a supporter of independence to know that’s not democracy.
"That perspective isn't a surprise from Tories - however as of late, the place the Tories go, Labour appear obliged to comply with. Simply as in 2014, they're teaming up with the Tories to frustrate the need of the Scottish individuals."
She's going to add: "What Scotland is listening to and seeing, every day, from Westminster events encapsulates the democratic deficit that we face as a part of the UK.
"Events and insurance policies that we reject are to be pressured upon us - however the democratic proper to decide on an alternate is to be denied to us."
In one in every of his remaining acts earlier than saying his intention to resign as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson wrote to Sturgeon final week to dismiss her name for an IndyRef2.
Johnson wrote: "I've fastidiously thought of the arguments you set out for a switch of energy from the UK Parliament to the Scottish Parliament to carry one other independence referendum.
"As our nation faces unprecedented challenges at house and overseas, I can't agree that now's the time to return to a query, which was clearly answered by the individuals of Scotland in 2014."