RUTH Davidson has "close to zero credibility" when it comes to Brexit, according to a spokesman for Nicola Sturgeon.
Following a statement from Ruth Davidson calling for any regulatory alignment under Brexit to be extended across the UK, the spokesman said that Davidson was "playing silly games".
He continued to say that her position on the EU was "wooly and ambiguous" and that Davidson “flip-flops on this issue constantly and has done since before the EU referendum”.
He added: “She’s held every position under the sun on this. So her comments today should be taken in that context.
“And I’m not even sure what her comments mean. Maybe they’re designed deliberately to be woolly and ambiguous.
“Ruth Davidson is in danger of having close to zero credibility on this issue.
“If she’s got something to say, she should say it unambiguously and clearly. Does she believe Scotland should remain in the single market – yes or no? And stop playing silly games.”
Davidson had issued a statement saying that the UK should not be divided by "different deals for different home nations" following a disasterous day for May.
Talks with the EU ended abruptly without agreement on Monday after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) made clear it would not accept any deal that saw Northern Ireland become seperated from the UK in any way.
The Conservatives, who rely on the support of the DUP in Government, had been ready to guarantee "regulatory alignment" between Norther Ireland and the Republic in order to avoid a hard border.
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