THE First Minister has responded to Theresa May's promise to give the devolved governments an "enhanced role" in Brexit talks with scepticism.
The Prime Minister had said in the House of Commons earlier that she hoped to meet with Nicola Sturgeon, as well as the Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford, in the coming week.
May spoke of "respecting" the administrations' "competence and vital interest in these negotiations".
But Sturgeon wasn't entirely convinced. The First Minister tweeted: "Fair to say we've had empty and undelivered promises like this for two and half years now - will be interested to hear what's going to be different now, but experience tells me to be very sceptical."
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And her party's Westminster leader Ian Blackford added there was still "no genuine commitment" from the UK Government, adding repeated calls for the extension of Article 50 and ruling out of a no-deal scenario.
He said: "The Prime Minister's strategy to run down the clock, and blackmail MPs into a false choice between her bad deal and no deal at all, will not work - it's time to end the charade.
"After facing the biggest defeat for any UK government in history, it is unacceptable for the Prime Minister to come back to Parliament with no fundamental changes to her failed deal, and no genuine commitment to a meaningful dialogue with the opposition parties and devolved governments.
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"In Scotland we have another choice.
"We did not vote for Brexit and the people of Scotland should not be dragged out of Europe by a Tory government we did not vote for.
"We might not be able to save the UK but we can save Scotland. We have an escape route from the chaos of Brexit - an independent Scotland."
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