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| Boris Johnson and Liam Fox cannot be trusted to negotiate Brexit with EU, Nicola Sturgeon warns | Boris Johnson and Liam Fox cannot be trusted to negotiate Brexit with EU, Nicola Sturgeon warns |
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| Scotland cannot trust Conservative ministers Liam Fox and Boris Johnson to represent its interests in EU negotiations, the country’s First Minister will warn. | Scotland cannot trust Conservative ministers Liam Fox and Boris Johnson to represent its interests in EU negotiations, the country’s First Minister will warn. |
| In her Saturday closing speech to the SNP’s annual conference in Glasgow Nicola Sturgeon will say the Conservatives have a different idea of what Scotland’s relationship with Europe should be from the Scottish public. | In her Saturday closing speech to the SNP’s annual conference in Glasgow Nicola Sturgeon will say the Conservatives have a different idea of what Scotland’s relationship with Europe should be from the Scottish public. |
| In her opening speech given on Thursday Ms Sturgeon announced she would consult on a second independence referendum next week, warning Theresa May that independence could be a consequence of ignoring Scotland’s interests. | In her opening speech given on Thursday Ms Sturgeon announced she would consult on a second independence referendum next week, warning Theresa May that independence could be a consequence of ignoring Scotland’s interests. |
| On Friday the SNP’s Westminster leader Angus Robertson reiterated the warning, saying Ms May might not be ruling the United Kingdom for long if she ignored Scotland’s interests. | On Friday the SNP’s Westminster leader Angus Robertson reiterated the warning, saying Ms May might not be ruling the United Kingdom for long if she ignored Scotland’s interests. |
| There was further fuel for the nationalists’ narrative on Friday when it emerged that the Scottish Secretary David Mundell, the Tories’ only Scottish MP, might be excluded from some Cabinet discussion. He is expected to only be invited to a key committee “as required”. | |
| “Let me be crystal clear about this – Scotland cannot trust the likes of Boris Johnson and Liam Fox to represent us,” Ms Sturgeon is expected to tell delegates, according to a briefing released overnight.. | “Let me be crystal clear about this – Scotland cannot trust the likes of Boris Johnson and Liam Fox to represent us,” Ms Sturgeon is expected to tell delegates, according to a briefing released overnight.. |
| “They are retreating to the fringes of Europe, we intend to stay at its very heart where Scotland belongs. To our European friends, we say: Scotland is open for business.” | “They are retreating to the fringes of Europe, we intend to stay at its very heart where Scotland belongs. To our European friends, we say: Scotland is open for business.” |
| Her comments echo those made by Trades Union Congress General Secretary Frances O’Grady Frances O’Grady on Friday at a fringe event at the conference. She called for Britain’s negotiating team to be “cross party” and include representatives of the UK’s countries, regions, and cities – as well as organised labour. | Her comments echo those made by Trades Union Congress General Secretary Frances O’Grady Frances O’Grady on Friday at a fringe event at the conference. She called for Britain’s negotiating team to be “cross party” and include representatives of the UK’s countries, regions, and cities – as well as organised labour. |
| “Most of us are not entirely confident in the three Brexiteers, when our future lies in their hands,” the trade unionist said. | “Most of us are not entirely confident in the three Brexiteers, when our future lies in their hands,” the trade unionist said. |
| Ms May appointed Liam Fox as International Trade Secretary, Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary, and David Davis as Brexit Secretary. All three politicians campaigned to leave the EU and will involved in negotiations to leave the bloc. | Ms May appointed Liam Fox as International Trade Secretary, Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary, and David Davis as Brexit Secretary. All three politicians campaigned to leave the EU and will involved in negotiations to leave the bloc. |
| Mr Fox caused controversy at the Tory conference last week after he referred to EU nationals living in the UK as "bargaining chips". | |
| Ms Sturgeon is expected to unveil a four-point plan to secure Scotland’s interests in EU negotiations. She says the UK government has no mandate to leave the single market as that was not on the ballot paper at the referendum. | Ms Sturgeon is expected to unveil a four-point plan to secure Scotland’s interests in EU negotiations. She says the UK government has no mandate to leave the single market as that was not on the ballot paper at the referendum. |
| Plans set to be laid out by Ms Sturgeon in the speech include a beefed-up Scottish international trade executive and the establishment of a Scottish-German trade hub. | Plans set to be laid out by Ms Sturgeon in the speech include a beefed-up Scottish international trade executive and the establishment of a Scottish-German trade hub. |
| “Make no mistake, the growth of our economy right now is threatened not just by the prospect of losing our place in the single market – disastrous though that would be,” she will say. | “Make no mistake, the growth of our economy right now is threatened not just by the prospect of losing our place in the single market – disastrous though that would be,” she will say. |
| “It is also the deeply damaging – and utterly shameful – message that the Tories’ rhetoric about foreign workers is sending. | “It is also the deeply damaging – and utterly shameful – message that the Tories’ rhetoric about foreign workers is sending. |
| “And the uncertainty that message brings to our public services and Scottish employers . | “And the uncertainty that message brings to our public services and Scottish employers . |
| “More than ever, we need to tell our European friends that Scotland is open for business. So, today I can announce a four-point plan to boost trade and exports. | “More than ever, we need to tell our European friends that Scotland is open for business. So, today I can announce a four-point plan to boost trade and exports. |
| “First, we will establish a new Board of Trade drawing on the best business expertise. Second, we will set up a new trade envoy scheme. It will ask prominent and successful Scots to help us, boost our national export effort. | “First, we will establish a new Board of Trade drawing on the best business expertise. Second, we will set up a new trade envoy scheme. It will ask prominent and successful Scots to help us, boost our national export effort. |
| “Third, we will create permanent trade representation for Scotland with a Scottish Innovation and Investment Hub in Berlin. Fourth, we will double the number of Scottish Development International staff working across Europe.” | “Third, we will create permanent trade representation for Scotland with a Scottish Innovation and Investment Hub in Berlin. Fourth, we will double the number of Scottish Development International staff working across Europe.” |
| Scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay in the EU but Britain as a whole voted by 52 per cent to 48 per cent to leave. |