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Sturgeon says pre-referendum UK 'no longer exists' Nicola Sturgeon says MSPs at Holyrood could veto Brexit
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said the UK that Scottish voters chose to remain with in 2014 no longer exists. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told the BBC that Holyrood could try to block the UK's exit from the EU.
Speaking on the Andrew Marr programme on BBC One, she said the Scottish government would take whatever steps are needed to protect Scotland. She was speaking following a referendum on Thursday which saw Britain vote by 52% to 48% to leave Europe.
Her appearance followed a Scottish cabinet meeting on Saturday which agreed to make initial preparations for another independence referendum. However, in Scotland the picture was different with 62% backing Remain and 38% wanting to go.
It also backed talks with the rest of the EU following the Brexit vote. SNP leader Ms Sturgeon said that "of course" she would ask MSPs to refuse to give their "legislative consent".
Ms Sturgeon told Andrew Marr: "The UK that Scotland voted to remain in in 2014 does not exist any more. In an interview with the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme she was asked what the Scottish Parliament would do now.
"This is a case of how best do we protect the stability and the interests of Scotland." Ms 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?
An opinion poll published by the Sunday Post newspaper has suggested support for Scottish independence is sitting at 59%, following the UK's vote to leave the EU. "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."
The online survey of 1,600 adults in Scotland was carried out hours after the Leave result was confirmed. When Ms Sturgeon was asked by presenter Gordon Brewer whether she would consider asking the parliament not to back such a motion of legislative consent she replied "of course".
In another smaller poll - for the Sunday Times - 52% of those surveyed said they would vote for independence. She added: "If the Scottish Parliament was judging this on the basis of what's right for Scotland then the option of saying look we're not to vote for something that's against Scotland's interest, of course that's got to be on the table."
The first minister said in the BBC One interview that a great deal of uncertainty remains over the way ahead for Scotland and for the UK. Earlier on Sunday, Ms Sturgeon said that she and her colleagues would begin talking to Brussels officials next week about Scotland remaining in the EU.
She said: "I've heard people over the past few days talk about the rules that would apply to the Article 50 process. The day after the full result was known, the Scottish leader confirmed that a second Scottish independence referendum was back on the table.
"The reality is there are no rules, there is no precedent, this is something that's never been done before. In September 2014, people in Scotland voted to stay a part of the UK.
"What will happen from here on in will be a matter of negotiation."