Nicola Sturgeon urges PM to ‘stop wasting time’ on Brexit

&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;"1">&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>The First Minister has called on the UK Government to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;stop wasting time” and revoke Article 50 to enable Brexit to be halted through a People’s Vote&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nicola Sturgeon said Theresa May appears to have &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;given up” attempts to make a case for her &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;bad deal” on Brexit and warned that it would not pass through the Commons&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">When we first called for a People&&num;39&semi;s Vote in the Scottish Parliament&comma; we stood alone&period; Now the SNP and Greens have joined us&period; Labour members overwhelmingly want to remain&period; C&&num;39&semi;mon <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;LabourRichard&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;LabourRichard<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;jeremycorbyn&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;jeremycorbyn<&sol;a>&comma; that fence is looking extremely uncomfortable&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;FMQs&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;FMQs<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Scottish Lib Dems &lpar;&commat;scotlibdems&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;scotlibdems&sol;status&sol;1075731006060224514&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">December 20&comma; 2018<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking at First Minister’s Questions&comma; she said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My position and view is very clear and I made this view clear to the Prime Minister yesterday in London&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Government should at this stage request an extension of Article 50&comma; now an extension would have to be agreed by the EU27&comma; but it should do that to allow time for a second EU referendum and if the result of that referendum&comma; as I hope it would be&comma; is remain – not just in Scotland but across the UK – then Article 50 can be revoked&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We know from the recent ECJ court judgment that it is possible for the UK to retain membership on current terms&comma; contrary to the false choice that’s been offered by the Prime Minster&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">FM&colon; The PM&&num;39&semi;s tactics are to run down the clock&comma; to attempt to make this decision her deal or no deal&period; That is a dreadful approach to be taking when there are alternatives&period; But that also seems to be Jeremy Corbyn&&num;39&semi;s position as well&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;FMQs&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;FMQs<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; The SNP &lpar;&commat;theSNP&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;theSNP&sol;status&sol;1075731450903838721&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">December 20&comma; 2018<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She seems to me to have given up trying to make any positive case for her bad deal and instead&comma; extraordinarily for a government leader&comma; is threatening to impose the disaster of a no-deal outcome on people she is supposed to serve&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I would call on the UK Government to start acting in the interests of the people it serves&comma; ask for that extension&comma; allow people to look at this again and&comma; if people change their minds&comma; to revoke Article 50 and end this sorry mess once and for all&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"SandboxRoot env-bp-350" data-twitter-event-id&equals;"1">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"twitter-widget-1" class&equals;"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent" lang&equals;"en" data-click-to-open-target&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;theSNP&sol;status&sol;1075731450903838721" data-iframe-title&equals;"Twitter Tweet" data-scribe&equals;"page&colon;tweet" data-twitter-event-id&equals;"3">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"EmbeddedTweet-tweet">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"Tweet-header">&NewLine;<p>Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie exclaimed &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hallelujah” at the SNP supporting a People’s Vote on the Brexit deal&comma; and asked how the Labour leadership could be convinced to support it too&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"Tweet-header">&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Prime Minister is indulging in a form of psychological no-deal warfare in a desperate gamble to revive her dead deal&comma;”<&sol;em> he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Commenting on a People’s Vote&comma; Ms Sturgeon replied&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think momentum is building&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&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-68e1fbfbb6394">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; 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