‘Brexit Means Brexit’ doesn’t apply to Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon says
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon challenged Theresa May over her assertion that the new British government must prepare to leave the European Union, Bloomberg reports.
According to the source, Sturgeon, speaking in London on Wednesday, said that she would be seeking talks with the incoming prime minister within the next couple of days, and she would make the case that Scottish interests must be represented. Whereas the U.K. as a whole voted on June 23 to quit the EU, every district of Scotland voted to stay in the bloc.
“That mandate to say ‘Brexit means Brexit’ does not apply to Scotland because Scotland voted differently in this referendum,” Sturgeon told reporters. “As first minister of Scotland, just as Theresa May has a mandate, I too have a mandate and that mandate is to respect the wishes of the people in Scotland and now to find a way to keep Scotland in the European Union.”