SCOTLAND Secretary Alister Jack has claimed that there is "no desire in Scotland to have membership of the EU."
During today's Prime Minister's Questions, Jack claimed that Scots valued membership of the UK over rejoining the EU, despite a poll conducted last year which showed that 72% would vote to remain in the trading bloc if a Brexit referendum was held again.
Indeed, since 2016 poll after poll has shown that the majority of Scots want to regain membership of EU.
He said: "I believe Scots when they stop and look at the detail, whether it’s on their pensions, whether it’s on trade, whether it’s on currency, they stop, they think about it and they know that their home is the UK.”
But what do you think? Should Scotland rejoin the EU?
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