Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon has once again
reiterated her commitment to put on the negotiation table for Brexit ‘creative’
proposals in order to ensure Scotland is remains part of the EU single market. Also,
when she a question was asked whether EU citizens living Scotland would be
allowed to remain after Brexit, her reply was: "These things are all
possible.
"I'm not pretending they're easy, or all will be
possible in practical terms - but should we rule them out right now in
circumstances where everything is up for grabs? We should not". Using the
Channel Islands and Greenland as models of the EU as pictures of a will
"to be flexible".
Ms Sturgeon stressed that it is her desire to be "part
of a coalition in the UK to vote against hard Brexit" also noting that
"there is no majority in the House of Commons to take Britain out of the
Single Market".
She also said the people of Scotland will take full advantage
of David Davis’ guarantee which states that there will be no hard border between
Ireland and Britain, as that has created more opportunities for Scotland as
well.
So far the court cases related to Article 50, and sending
representatives who will serve as observers to the London High Court and
tendering a submission to the Belfast High Court are all paramount to the
Scottish Government. The First Minister further said that it was unimaginable for
the Scottish Parliament to offer a legislative approval to Brexit motions, as such
would be decided by the court.
Despite all that, Sturgeon has made it very clear that a
draft referendum legislation would be presented on the table as she said to Sky
News that there is “every chance” for another independence referendum before
March 2019 "if it proves to be the only and best way to protect Scottish
interests". Lamenting that Theresa May is yet to fulfil her promises which
she made to the people of Scotland with respect to Brexit negotiation.
Though opinions from some quarters has said that Sturgeon
was only bluffing about independence as result of low support for a second
referendum coupled with the falling oil price, but she said: "No, I'm
serious about doing what it takes to protect Scotland's interests.
"If it all fails and Scotland is faced with the
prospect of being taken off the cliff edge by a UK government intent on leaving
the Single Market, then I think Scotland has a right to choose."
Ms Sturgeon will meet Mrs May and other leaders of devolved
administrations to discuss Brexit later this month.
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