NICOLA Sturgeon has said that the Prime Minister's bid to re-open her Withdrawal Agreement "highly irresponsible", adding the the plan is "doomed to failure".
She sent the tweet accompanied by a thread by Robert Peston.
This thread sums up the situation well. PM surely can’t be allowed to continue down a track that might avoid defeat at hands of ERG today but is ultimately doomed to failure - and which therefore increases the chance of no deal. It is highly irresponsible. https://t.co/a5QlmMrfYT
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) January 29, 2019
The First Minister tweeted: "This thread sums up the situation well. PM surely can’t be allowed to continue down a track that might avoid defeat at hands of ERG today but is ultimately doomed to failure – and which therefore increases the chance of no deal.
"It is highly irresponsible."
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She said she accepted her plan had been defeated: "The vote was decisive and I listened, so the world knows what this House does not want.
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