Scottish Leader, Nicola Sturgeon, Criticizes British Prime Minister
Mrs. May’s government, Ms. Sturgeon said, did not give advance notice to leaders of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, the other components of the United Kingdom, when the British leader decided
that March 29 was the day she would invoke the Article 50 clause of the European Union treaty, starting the withdrawal from Europe, known as Brexit.
Brexit said that If the same attitude is adopted by her government to other European
countries as has been adopted to Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland,
By RICK GLADSTONEAPRIL 6, 2017
Scotland’s leader, Nicola Sturgeon, has described her dealings with Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain as cordial despite blunt differences
over the future of the United Kingdom — Mrs. May’s intent to divorce the European Union and Ms. Sturgeon’s intent to divorce Britain.
" Ms. Sturgeon said. that If I told you that not just the Scottish government,
but the Welsh government and Northern Ireland found out the date of the triggering of Article 50 from the BBC, it probably gives you an insight,
But Mrs. May, the top advocate of Brexit, has said
that she believes all constituents of the United Kingdom should now grow more unified, and that she strongly opposes Ms. Sturgeon’s push for Scottish independence.
Ms. Sturgeon said the government in London did engage in consultations with representatives from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland concerning the Brexit process,
but she suggested that those interactions were perfunctory.