THE SNP’s deputy Westminster leader has said it is time for Scotland to join its small, successful European neighbours.
Writing in The National today, MP Kirsty Blackman said the mess the UK Government had made of Brexit showed that Scotland could have a brighter future being independent.
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Blackman also pointed to the end of freedom of movement for Scots in the EU and our rights to study abroad as huge losses – despite Scotland voting remain.
She writes: “Brexit, and the Tories’ hostile immigration policies, represent nothing more than acts of vandalism on Scots living in the EU and European nationals who have made Scotland their home.
“The Westminster Government’s ideological opposition to free movement not only makes no economic sense, it goes against our moral principles of being an open, inclusive nation.
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