Nicola Sturgeon has today said she would seek to ‘mitigate’ requirements for border checks with England if a separate Scotland joined the EU.
Speaking at the European Policy Centre think-tank in Brussels, she also confirmed her plan to ditch the pound and adopt a new currency. Pamela Nash, chief executive of Scotland in Union, said:
“Rather than mitigate border checks, we can avoid them entirely by remaining in the UK.
“The reality is that Nicola Sturgeon’s plan to leave our largest trading partner and join the EU would risk a hard border.
“When 60 per cent of our trade is with the rest of the UK, compared to only 19 per cent with the entire EU, border checks would be devastating for our economy and jobs.
“Nicola Sturgeon’s narrow nationalism would also place a barrier between friends, families and neighbours.
“The only way to avoid a hard border and save the pound is to remain in the UK.”
7% poverty in Ireland, UK 24%,English state pensions worst in Europe. Is Northern Ireland the deluxe designer British state going to survive without E.U as honest broker.
We have seen the SNP morality , another example last week, Scottish economy worst in Europe.
The wealthy do well in Ireland, but endemic child poverty, homelessness and plenty food banks in Ireland
If we could get up to Ireland's standards morally and economically, I would be a 1st columnist
In the unlikely event of Scotland gaining independence, surely the Scottish people should be asked if they wish to join the EU.
All that Sturgeon is doing today is acting like a 5th columnist for the EU.