Scotland leader ups independence warning over Brexit
By Reuters
28 February 2017 |
1:15 pm
Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon warns the "sheer intransigence" of the British government over its handling of its exit from the European Union could drive her country into a second bid for independence.
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