ARTICLE 50: Scotland may join campaigners when it goes to the Supreme Court - Nicola Sturgeon

Strong indications have emerged that Scotland may also join the Brexit court fight to ensure Theresa May does not win back the ability to trigger Article 50, Nicola Sturgeon has said. This decision may not be unconnected to the High Court ruling which ruled against the PM’s decision to trigger Article 50 without the involvement of the parliament.

The First Minister says that Holyrood could join specialist Gina Miller and beautician Deir Dos Santos as "participants in the case" when it goes to the Supreme Court toward the beginning of December.

Campaigners were on Thursday morning given triumph by a High Court ruling who said the Prime Minister did not have the privilege to set in movement the official notice of separation from the European Union without consulting parliament.

Ms Sturgeon said: "We'll be looking at the judgment very carefully and yes we will actively consider whether or not there is a case for the Scottish government to become participants in that case."

According to the irst Minister the ruling was "hugely significant and underlines the chaos and confusion at the heart of the UK government".

She included: "We should remember that their refusal to allow a vote in the House of Commons is not because of some matter of high constitutional principle, it is because they don't have a coherent position and they know that if they take their case to the (chamber) that will be exposed."

She said that the 54 SNP MPs would "certainly not vote for anything that undermines the will or the interests of the Scottish people".

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the his party regarded the choice made in the referendum however clarified that MPs would need to see Mrs May's arranging terms first.

He said: "This ruling underlines the need for the Government to bring its negotiating terms to Parliament without delay.

"Labour respects the decision of the British people to leave the European Union. But there must be transparency and accountability to parliament on the terms of Brexit."

Toward the end of a late Brexit summit meeting with Mrs May, Ms Sturgeon said she was no clearer on the Prime Minister's technique for leaving the EU than she was toward the start.

She said there had been a "frank exchange" at the meeting however she had discovered it "deeply frustrating".

Ms Sturgeon said: "I don't know any more now about the UK Government's approach to the negotiations than before I went into the meeting."