Standing in front of reporters at Bute House on Monday morning, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon quoted the Scottish National Party’s 2015 manifesto, which demanded the right to hold “another referendum” if there was “a significant and material change in the circumstances… such as Scotland being taken out the EU against our will”.
In the Sturgeon narrative, the Scots are good Remainers, who were willing to try any option to avoid a hard Brexit, and are now being dragged towards the Article 50 cliff. Why should we go, she asks, when there is an alternative – an independent Scotland nestled in the comforting framework of the EU?
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