DHAKA: Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told the BBC that Holyrood could try to block the UK’s exit from the EU.

She was speaking following a referendum on Thursday which saw Britain vote by 52% to 48% to leave Europe.

However, in Scotland the picture was different with 62% backing Remain and 38% wanting to go.

SNP leader Sturgeon said that ‘of course’ she would ask MSPs to refuse to give their ‘legislative consent’.

However, Scottish Secretary David Mundell said he ‘personally’ did not believe that Scotland could block Brexit.

In an interview with the BBC’s Sunday Politics Scotland program Sturgeon was asked what the Scottish Parliament would do now.

Sturgeon, whose party has 63 of the 129 Holyrood seats, said, ‘The issue you are talking about is would there have to be a legislative consent motion or motions for the legislation that extricates the UK from the European Union?’

‘Looking at it from a logical perspective, I find it hard to believe that there wouldn’t be that requirement - I suspect that the UK government will take a very different view on that and we’ll have to see where that discussion ends up.’

BDST: 1743 HRS, JUN 26, 2016
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