Ian Blackford: Scots ‘will not be dragged out of EU’
17 November 2017
The SNP’s leader in Westminster has warned that Scotland would join the EU “as a full independent nation” if the UK government rejects demands for continued single market membership after Brexit.
In a stark ultimatum issued yesterday, Ian Blackford said that nationalist MPs are poised to call for a second independence referendum if Scotland’s demands are not met.
The threat marks an apparent shift from a decision to shelve calls for a second referendum before autumn 2019 which was announced by Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister, at the SNP’s conference last month.
In a speech to the European Policy Centre think tank in Brussels, Mr Blackford said: “Scotland now stands at a crossroads — there is an isolated, Brexit Britain on the horizon. [...]
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