THE First Minister has criticised Theresa May for delaying making any decision on Brexit “that could break her Cabinet”.
Nicola Sturgeon tweeted her criticism of May after the Prime Minister made a statement at 10 Downing Street in which she reached out to Jeremy Corbyn in a bid to extend Article 50.
May made the speech after emerging from a Cabinet meeting which lasted over seven hours.
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She said that any delay to the Brexit process should be “as short as possible” and that and that a bill to pave the way for departure should be in place by May 22 in order to avoid the UK taking part in the upcoming European elections.
But the First Minister criticised the PM for failing to set out where she is willing to compromise.
“This does seem very much like PM kicking the can and, yet again, delaying making any decision that could break her Cabinet,” Sturgeon tweeted.
This does seem very much like PM kicking the can and, yet again, delaying making any decision that could break her Cabinet. What is missing is an answer from her to the question that many MPs faced up to last night - what is the compromise she is willing to make? https://t.co/pieZ4mpbnQ
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) April 2, 2019
"What is missing is an answer from her to the question that many MPs faced up to last night – what is the compromise she is willing to make?"
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