Sturgeon Threatens Scottish Independence Vote Over Brexit
- Scottish first minister closes conference with call to arms
- Brexit plan puts U.K. on an isolationist course, she says
Nicola Sturgeon addresses the Scottish National Party Conference 2016 in Glasgow on Oct. 15.
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon offered her strongest signal yet that she’ll call a vote on independence if she doesn’t like the Brexit terms that Prime Minister Theresa May negotiates.
Closing her Scottish National Party’s conference in Glasgow on Saturday, Sturgeon said she’s working on proposals to keep Scotland inside the European Union’s single market even if the rest of the U.K. leaves.