Tut-tut, naughty-naughty, Nicola!
Quote:Nicola Sturgeon humiliated: SNP’s embarrassing Brexit stunt exposed by baffled EU.The Express:
'Nicola Sturgeon has been left red-faced after it emerged the Scottish Nationalist Party paid for
a "Scotland Loves Europe" symbol to be projected on the European commission headquarters
-despite hinting it was arranged by Brussels.
The news will cause embarrassment for SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, who implied that the EU had
set up the display, claiming the bloc had “left a light on” for Scotland in the wake of Brexit.
Tweeting an image of the building lit up, she wrote: “The EU Commission building in Brussels tonight
(and if you look carefully you’ll see that they do appear to have left a light on for us!)"
Her statement was echoed by Peter Grant, Treasury spokesman for the SNP and former Europe
spokesman at Westminster, who tweeted:
“What a strange thing to do for a European commission that
Labour and the Tories say doesn’t want Scotland back in.”
But a Commission spokesman said the EU was “obviously” not “involved in the light projected on the
Berlaymont”. He told The Times permission to put the light on the building had not been sought.
Nikos Chrysoloras, Bloomberg reporter, tweeted:
“Commission tells me they were not involved in this.
‘Obviously,’ they add.
“Note: Touching as it would be to ‘leave a light on for Scotland to find its way home’, it would also be an
open call to secession. And involvement in the internal affairs of a third country.”
A SNP spokesman confirmed that the pro-independence party was behind the symbol, sparking fury
among Holyrood rivals.
Maurice Golden, chief whip for the Scottish Tories, told the newspaper it was “was nothing more than an
SNP stunt”. He said: “It’s concerning to see elected representatives imply online that somehow the European
commission were complicit with this, or had even orchestrated it.”
Ms Sturgeon is ploughing ahead with her plans to drag Scotland out of the Union after Britain finally unshackled
itself from the EU on January 31. The SNP leader says she wants to hold an independence referendum by the
end of 2020.
A recent poll by Survation found that Scots are currently split over independence in their nation.
It found that voters were split down the middle at 50/50.n independence referendum by the end of 2020...'
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