Independence referendum bad for Scotland: Theresa May

March 17, 2017 21:02

Prime Minister Theresa May today said that a second referendum on Scotland's independence from the UK would be bad for all and accused Scottish First Minister for trying to use Brexit as a pretext to engineer divisions within the country.

Addressing the Conservative party's spring conference, the British PM accused the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon led Scottish National Party of using Brexit as a pretext to engineer divisions within the UK.

"The fact that more Scottish voters backed Scotland staying in the UK in 2014, than supported the UK staying in the EU in 2016 and that almost half a million independence supporters actually backed Brexit last year seems to count for nothing," she said.

"It is now clear that using Brexit as the pretext to engineer a second independence referendum has been the SNP's sole objective ever since last June," she said in her speech in Cardiff, Wales.

"But it would be bad for Scotland, bad for the UK and bad for us all. The coming negotiations with the EU will be vital for everyone in the United Kingdom. Every person, every family, every business, every community the length and breadth of the United Kingdom -- England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland," she added.

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