Despite all the comments made against Nicola Sturgeon by the
PM, the SNP leader has announced to members of her party that no what happens, the
will of the people of Scotland "will and must prevail".
Nicola Sturgeon has sworn to a delighted crowd at her
party's conference that "there will be an independence referendum".
The SNP leader went on to criticise Theresa May, saying that
"the Prime minister's attitude should worry us all" and warned:
"Stop putting the interests of the right wing of your party ahead of the
interests of the people of our party."
While making her closing speech to the party's conference in
Aberdeen, Ms Sturgeon also extended her invitation to other people in the UK
who did not like Brexit to come to Scotland.
She said: "We will become a magnet for talent and
investment from all cross the UK.
"So let me issue this open invitation today: Scotland
isn't full up.
"If you are as appalled as we are at the path this
Westminster government is taking, come and join us. Come here to live, work,
invest or study.
"Come to Scotland and be part of building a modern,
progressive, outward-looking, compassionate country."
She continued: "Scotland's future must be Scotland's
choice."
Still mid-speech, Ms Sturgeon has had no less than three
standing ovations.
Setting out her plan, she said she wants a "fair, legal
and agreed" referendum "at a time when we know the terms of Brexit
but before it is too late to take a different path".
However she said: "It is down to us to make the
economic case for independence."
After Theresa May announced that now was not the time for an
independence referendum, the Frist Minister Ms Sturgeon also announced her
willinness to discuss timing with the prime minister but warned: "The will
of our parliament will and must prevail."
She sparked another standing ovation when she said the days
of Tory governments dictating to Scotland are "gone and not coming
back".
She further warned the Prime Minister that if she showed
"the same condescension and inflexibility, the same tin ear" to other
European nations as she had done to Scotland then "the Brexit process will
hit the rocks".
The SNP leader also criticised the UK Government over its
failure to guarantee the rights of EU citizens already living in the UK.
"You cannot lecture others about politics not being a
game while you are using the lives of human beings as pawns," she told Mrs
May.
A £36m fund to pay for skills and training in the digital
age was announced as well as a 10-year mental health strategy that will include
an increase in the workforce and budget.
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