Brexit can be stopped and doing so must be top priority, says Sturgeon

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Stopping Brexit must be the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;top priority”&comma; Nicola Sturgeon said as she claimed it is now possible for the UK to remain part of the European Union&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Scottish First Minister argued the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;mess” created by the Conservatives in the Brexit process could provide pro-EU politicians with a means of preventing the UK’s exit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She spoke out after MPs in the House of Commons held a series of indicative votes as part of efforts to resolve the current deadlock&comma; resulting from Theresa May’s failure to secure a majority for her Brexit withdrawal deal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The SNP leader said during First Minister’s Questions&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This whole process thanks to the Tories is now such a mess that stopping Brexit altogether must now be our top priority&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And moreover that is now possible&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There was criticism of SNP MPs&comma; who voted against the proposal for the UK to have a customs union with the EU despite the party having long argued in favour of a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;soft Brexit”&comma; which would mean the UK stayed within both this and the European single market&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Scottish Conservative interim leader Jackson Carlaw accused Ms Sturgeon of attempting to stock up &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;faux outrage&comma; grievance” on her &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;single-minded obsession” of independence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When it came to the crunch the First Minister whipped her MPs against supporting her own policy of a customs union&comma;” the Tory said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Isn’t it the case that what Scotland saw yet again yesterday is then when push comes to shove for the SNP it is not about finding a solution to Brexit it is about pursuing their independence obsession&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The way to stand up not just for Scotland’s interests but the interests of the entire UK right now is to recognise that this Brexit process is a complete and utter mess&comma; and put this issue back the people<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Sturgeon told him&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;For two long years when stopping Brexit didn’t seem possible the SNP argued for single market&sol;customs union membership compromise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That was ignored by the Tories and indeed everybody else&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Now that option &comma; which I think is the minimum you would need to protect Scotland’s interests&comma; wasn’t actually on the ballot paper last night&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That said&comma; over the next few days we will continue to work across Parliament for a compromise of that nature&comma; if that proves to be the only alternative to a hard Brexit&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With halting Brexit now in her sights&comma; she argued&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The way to stand up not just for Scotland’s interests but the interests of the entire UK right now is to recognise that this Brexit process is a complete and utter mess&comma; and put this issue back the people&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Sturgeon noted the indicative ballot in the Commons had revealed more support for either a People’s Vote or a customs union than for the PM’s deal – which has been heavily defeated on two occasions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think that does give the House of Commons something to move forward with into next week&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The First Minister added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The right thing to do now is to put this issue back to the people and if Jackson Carlaw was interested in standing up for Scotland&comma; or indeed the interests of the UK&comma; it is the option he would be arguing for too&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Sturgeon hit out at the UK Prime Minister after her offer to resign failed to secure the necessary votes for her deal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ad-container">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"div-gpt-ad-incontent-3" data-google-query-id&equals;"CPHPvZqVpeECFc3U7Qod0R8NfQ">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"google&lowbar;ads&lowbar;iframe&lowbar;&sol;2695176&sol;Breaking&lowbar;News&sol;ROS&lowbar;InContent&lowbar;2&lowbar;&lowbar;container&lowbar;&lowbar;">&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Theresa May must be the only leader in living memory who has tried to fall on her own sword and has managed to miss&comma;” Ms Sturgeon said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She called on both the PM and Mr Carlaw to accept &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the deal is dead” and it was time to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;move on to another option”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Sturgeon said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The option which got most votes last night in the House of Commons was the people’s vote&period; That’s the right thing to do&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Mr Carlaw countered&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nicola Sturgeon doesn’t stand up for the Scottish interests&comma; she stands up for the Nationalist interest&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking about the ballot of MPs&comma; he added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;For the avoidance of doubt&comma; no deal was rejected&comma; a second referendum was rejected again&comma; revoking Article 50 was rejected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yesterday when it came to the crunch the First Minister whipped her MPs against supporting her own policy of a customs union and single market membership and that was defeated&comma; too&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He told Ms Sturgeon&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Surely it is time to back the deal and get on with it&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e39d49ad2bd">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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