Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of undermining the SNP's new economic blueprint for independence after failing to answer "the simplest of questions" about its contents during a car-crash TV interview.
The First Minister repeatedly avoided answering how much the growth commission report said it would cost to set up a Scottish state, before finally admitting she had forgotten.
In another deeply embarrassing lapse, she also could not recall the blueprint's costing for a new social security system but insisted both numbers were "realistic.
Ms Sturgeon is usually an accomplished media performer and extremely well briefed, but opposition parties said the exchanges with Channel 4 News demonstrated...