Brexit news: BBC host STUNS Nicola Sturgeon's MP for stunted Brexit policy
Nicola Sturgeon has repeatedly said she would like the UK to remain in the single market and customs union and ultimately the EU altogether. The SNP was however criticised on Saturday by the leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Vince Cable for not taking a stronger stance on calling for a second Brexit vote on the final deal. Philippa Whitford was quizzed by BBC host Jo Coburn about the comments from Sir Vince on Daily Politics. Coburn said: “Can you answer Vince Cable’s question that he raised. When it comes to the fundamental question on a referendum on the final Brexit deal, where is the SNP?”
BBC•GETTY Brexit news: Jo Coburn quizzed the SNP MP over Sturgeon's Brexit demands
She added: “Where are you?” The SNP MP Ms Whitford replied: “Well obviously we support remaining in the EU. What we don’t know is exactly what is it that is being proposed. “So what would a no vote mean? We vote against the final deal, does that mean we send them back and get something better? “Or does it mean that we crash out without a deal? Which is the worst of all possible worlds. “I would like us to stay in, it’s quite as simple as that. But it is unlikely that this Prime Minister if she agreed to the second referendum on the final deal, would agree with that as the outcome.
When it comes to the fundamental question on a referendum on the final Brexit deal, where is the SNP? Jo Coburn
“So at the moment we are not going to give Carte Blanche to something when it has not been defined what that vote is.” Speaking to conference delegates in Aviemore, the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable said the SNP needed to take a Brexit position. He said: “I think one of the points to note in Scotland is the question, where are the SNP in all of this? “My approach to working with eh SNP isn’t a tribal one. We work quite well with them in opposition to the single market and the customs union.
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