Scottish Greens to mark ‘Brexit day’ with pro-independence rally

&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>The Scottish Green Party will use the day the UK formally leaves the EU to launch a new campaign for independence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The party is planning to mark &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Brexit Day” with a rally in Glasgow&comma; where it will relaunch its campaign for independence and also make clear a separate Scotland should be part of the EU&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ska Keller&comma; a German MEP who is the president of the Greens in the European Parliament&comma; will join Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie for the event on Friday&comma; January 31&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Harvie said it was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;outrageous and undemocratic” that Scots were being denied a second independence referendum at a time when they were being taken out of Europe against their wishes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Calls for a fresh ballot on Scotland’s place in the UK have been mounting since the UK voted for Brexit in 2016 – with almost two-thirds of voters north of the border supporting Remain in the referendum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently refused Nicola Sturgeon’s call for the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood to be granted the power to hold a referendum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Harvie said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In 2014&comma; the Better Together campaign told the people of Scotland that No meant we would remain as members of the European Union&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yet here we are just over a week from being dragged out against our will and the likes of Ruth Davidson and Willie Rennie who led that campaign don’t even have enough integrity to offer an apology&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s now clear that we’ll be ripped out on the 31st&comma; losing all our rights as EU citizens&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’ll be denied the right to move&comma; live&comma; love and work in 27 other EU countries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our EU friends and neighbours here fear for their futures in these uncertain times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In such circumstances it’s outrageous and undemocratic that we are denied a say over our own future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The people of Scotland are sovereign&comma; only we have a right to decide our future&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&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-68ed5cc2bff6a">&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; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed5cc2bff6a'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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