TORIES are plotting a Holyrood walkout if Nicola Sturgeon tries to force an IndyRef2 law through parliament.

Leader Ruth Davidson could order the boycott if the First Minister uses a loophole to push on for another poll without PM Theresa May’s backing.

2 Ruth Davidson may order a boycott over IndyRef2

Party sources say Tory MSPs would storm out to do “constituency work” instead.

A source said last night: “We would boycott any attempt to create constitutional conflict by ramming through a Bill outside the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.

“People would see through this as a cynical ruse to stoke up grievance.

“Scots are increasingly sick and tired of Nicola Sturgeon’s antics.

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“Voters want to see her get on with the day job of running Scotland, not stirring up divisions.”

The threat came as the PM is expected to formally snub Ms Sturgeon’s referendum request in a letter this week.

But the Nats chief could use a grey area to legislate for a vote — and force No10 to fight it in court.

Legal experts say the question of whether Holyrood alone could green-light a referendum has never been resolved.

Ms Sturgeon has promised she will spell out her “next steps” after the Easter recess.

An SNP spokesman said: “If the Tory intention is to try to block indefinitely a referendum, that would be utterly undemocratic.

“It will only be a matter of time before the Tories realise that their attempts to diminish and ignore the Scottish Parliament will backfire on them badly.

“The First Minister will set out her next steps in the coming weeks.”

Map bid is Nat so popular

2 Former SNP leader Alex Salmond

AN SNP map showing support for another indy vote has no backers in Alex Salmond’s home village — but there’s one in Iraq.

The Nats’ online diagram asks people to sign up if they agree with the poll then log their location.

Backers have given the thumbs-up all over the world, including one in the Iraqi desert and another in Tristan da Cunha — a tiny South Atlantic island.

But the push has no support in dozens of places here, including the former First Minister’s home of Strichen, Aberdeenshire.

Tory chief whip John Lamont said: “In towns and villages up and down Scotland they have no one in favour of another vote.”

chris.musson@the-sun.co.uk

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