'Europe has ended the SNP' Farage rips apart Nicola Sturgeon's desperate independence bid
NICOLA STURGEON’S desperate bid for Scottish independence has been savaged by former UKIP leader Nigel Farage.
Nigel Farage: Europe has STOPPED the rise of the SNP
The outspoken Brexiteer claimed the Scottish National Party’s pro-European outlook had ended its chances of election success.
The Scottish First Minister has campaigned to split from the United Kingdom after Scotland voted 62 per cent to 38 per cent to remain inside the European Union.
Ms Sturgeon was denied a second independence referendum by Theresa May after the Prime Minister insisted the UK should remain united during the Brexit negotiations.
The Scot is now using the snap General Election to once again galvanise her dream of an independent Scotland.
It is Europe that has stopped the rise of the Scottish National Party
Speaking to Express at the launch of Bill Etheridge’s ‘Putting the Great back into Britain’, Mr Farage railed against Ms Sturgeon, insisting even her own supporters like Brexit.
The former Ukip leader said: “The Scottish National Party have passed the high water mark.
“Their Achilles heel in the referendum and now is the European question.
“A third of their own voters support Brexit, and it is Europe that has stopped the rise of the Scottish National Party – that genie is not going back in the bottle!”
Sturgeon: I will argue for Scotland's place at Brexit negotiations
On Monday, Ms Sturgeon begged to be given a seat at the Brexit negotiation table alongside the Prime Minister.
She called on voters to back the SNP to give her proposals to keep the country in the EU “democratic legitimacy”.
The First Minister is hoping to retain the 56 Westminster seats, won by the SNP in 2015, when the country go to the polls on June 8.
Speaking to BBC Scotland, she claimed Mrs May had “dismissed out of hand” her proposal to allow Scotland to remain in the bloc’s single market.
Ms Sturgeon said: “What I am saying in this election is that we have an opportunity, by how we vote, to give those proposals democratic legitimacy.
“And, by voting for the SNP, to give me the ability to strengthen Scotland’s hand in those Brexit negotiations, get a seat at the negotiating table and argue for Scotland’s place in the single market.”