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The BBC's Sarah Smith told Andrew Marr this morning the recent SNP leadership crisis has dented Nicola Sturgeon's hopes for independence. Ms Smith said the SNP's basis for a second independence referendum - an overwhelming majority of MSPs at Holyrood - was slipping away. This comes as two polls, carried out after Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond gave evidence to the Holyrood inquiry into the investigation of the former first minister, showed a drop in support for both the SNP and independence.