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Nicola Sturgeon FINALLY waves the white flag: Scottish leader admits Brexit 'now seems inevitable' – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk

Nicola Sturgeon FINALLY waves the white flag: Scottish leader admits Brexit 'now seems inevitable' – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk


            

Nicola Sturgeon FINALLY waves the white flag: Scottish First Minister admits that Brexit ‘now seems inevitable’ after Boris Johnson’s election win

  • The SNP leader made the admission as she addressed the Holyrood parliament
  • Party made election gains last week and now holds 47 of the 70 Scottish seats
  • She called for a ‘coming together’ of political parties to deliver new Indy Ref
  • ByDavid Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline

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************************: (EST,) ************************************************ (December) ********************************Scottish First MinisterNicola Sturgeonfinally admitted defeat in her battle for Remain today as she admitted that

Brexit’now seems inevitable ‘.

TheSNPleader made the admission as she addressed the Holyrood parliament and tore into the Prime Minister after his election win.

While the Tories won the election overall, the SNP made gains of their own and now holds (of theseats in Scotland.*** Sturgeon, who is pushing for a fresh independence referendum, called for a ‘coming together’ of political parties in the Scottish Parliament to deliver it.She said: ‘A new, Brexit-focused Tory Government presents risks that few would have predicted at the dawn of devolution.

‘So I hope in the coming days and weeks we will see a similar coming together around the idea of ​​Scotland’s right to choose a better future.’

The SNP leader made the admission as she addressed the Holyrood parliament and tore into the Prime Minister after his election win*** Johnson (pictured today) has already spoken to Ms Sturgeon since Thursday’s vote and told her his Government will not allow another referendum

T he First Minister said she plans to publish the ‘detailed democratic case’ this week for powers to be transferred to the Scottish Parliament to hold another vote on the issue.)

The SNP claim they have a mandate for another vote on the issue following last week’s General Election results, when they won the majority of seats in Scotland.

In recent days, senior figures in Scottish Labor have said another referendum should be allowed to take place.

Mr Johnson has already spoken to Ms Sturgeon since Thursday’s vote and told her his Government will not allow another referendum.

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Ms Sturgeon added today: ‘The hard, possibly no deal, Brexit favorite by the Prime Minister poses a real danger to our economy and to social and environmental safeguards, at a time when we must substantially step up our efforts to tackle climate change.‘Brexit will also put parts of our health service in the sights of US trade negotiations. It could mean, for example, that the NHS has to pay higher prices for drugs.

‘And of course, Brexit is the cause of significant uncertainty and worry for our fellow EU citizens who contribute so much to modern Scotland.

‘ Scotland must respond to and seek to overcome these challenges. ‘

But Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw told her:’ What this election has confirmed beyond doubt or debate is that the whole of the United Kingdom together will be leaving the European Union at the end of next month.

‘The campaign to stop it happening has failed, our departure is going ahead and the result of the UK referendum will be respected. ‘

He added : ‘Brexit is no longer a what-if, it is a political reality for us all.

The SNP claim they have a mandate for another vote on t he issue following last week’s General Election results, when they won the majority of seats in Scotland

Scottish Tory leader Jackson Carlaw said: ‘What this election has confirmed beyond doubt or debate is that the whole of the United Kingdom together will be leaving the European Union’******************

‘The whole of the UK together will now enter the period of transition and leave on the basis of the future trading arrangements with our EU partners negotiated next year. ‘

Scottish Labor leader Richard Leonard called for the Scottish Parliament to act as a ‘campaign of resistance’ to protect Scotland from Boris Johnson’s government.Mr Leonard said Labor would ‘work on a cross-basis basis to resist the attacks that Boris Johnson will wage on the people’.

He asked Ms Sturgeon to ‘use all the powe rs of this parliament as part of that campaign of resistance ‘.

Mr Leonard said:’ I am happy to join her in George Square but will she use the powers of this Parliament? ‘

Ms Sturgeon replied:’ Yes, I will. I spent a significant part of my statement talking about the ways in which we need to redouble our efforts to use the powers of this Parliament – which the Scottish Government has always done – to protect Scotland from an balanced right-wing Conservative government. ‘

Citing their different stances on Scottish Independence, the First Minister added: ‘I support the ability of this Parliament to do as much as it can but I never supported a Scottish Parliament just so we could mitigate the worst impacts of a Conservative government at Westminster. ‘            

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