'She's NOT speaking for Scotland!' Ruth Davidson BLASTS Sturgeon & says 'Scots are angry'
RUTH DAVIDSON has bashed Nicola Sturgeon’s latest bid for independence, insisting she was “not speaking for Scotland”.
Ruth Davidson: Sturgeon is not speaking for Scotland
The Scottish Conservative leader fumed the First Minister had “no mandate” to try and break up the United Kingdom for the second time in three years.
Earlier on Monday, SNP leader Ms Sturgeon announced she would trigger her latest bid next week in response to Scotland being forced “into a hard Brexit”.
In the historic UK EU referendum, Scotland voted overwhelmingly to Remain, but a furious Ms Davidson hit back at the nationalists’ claims of Scotland not being represented by the UK Government.
The people of Scotland are angry at the First Minister today because she is not speaking for Scotland
Speaking on Sky News, she raged: “The First Minister’s problem is she has no mandate for a second independence referendum.
“She lost her majority in Parliament, the people of Scotland have said time and time again that they do not want to be dragged back into the division of another referendum.
“She’s trying to convert votes like mine, which were for Remain in the EU referendum, into votes for another independence referendum.
“The people of Scotland are angry at the First Minister today because she is not speaking for Scotland.”
Ms Sturgeon argued Scotland would be able to make its own decision about its future as she announced plans to hold a new vote between Autumn 2018 and Spring 2019.
Defending her timetable, which would take place alongside the prime minister’s crucial Brexit negotiations, she insisted she was acting in the best interests of the Scottish people.
Speaking to a room full of journalists, Ms Sturgeon said: “Right now Scotland stands at a hugely important crossroads. We did not choose to be in this position and I wish that we were not in this position but we are and the stakes are high. We must have a plan for the way forward."
Sturgeon: Scotland will seek approval for second referendum
Latest polls suggest the Scottish electorate is split 50-50 on whether they’d back an independent country.
However, a seething Ms Davidson batted away the claims, arguing a majority of polls showed there was no appetite for another vote.
She said: “You’ve had 10, 12 polls since Brexit last year which has shown constantly that the majority of Scots have no wish to be dragged back to a second independence referendum.
“The First Minister is not speaking for all of Scotland, she’s not listening to the people who are making their views clear.
“They don’t want Nicola to pursue the only political goal she has had since she was 15 years old.”