Post-Brexit Referendum: Scotland struggles to stay part of EU

Edinburgh’s pro-independence devolved govt has pledged to uphold Scotland’s EU membership in whatever way it can

SCOTLAND: Britain’s impending exit from the European Union does not weaken the case for the union of Scotland with the rest of the United Kingdom despite its difficulties, Britain’s Secretary of State for Scotland says. “The vital union for Scotland’s interests remains the United Kingdom,” David Mundell was due to say on Saturday on the eve of the two-year anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum on September 18, according to the advance text of a speech. Scotland, one of the UK’s four member nations, voted to stick with the EU in June, clashing with a vote to leave in Britain as a whole and causing much disgruntlement as the process of renegotiating 40 years of trade and political agreements are hammered out. Edinburgh’s pro-independence devolved government has pledged to uphold Scotland’s EU membership in whatever way it can.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 18^th, 2016.

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