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So Nicola Sturgeon thought she'd hot foot it to Brussels dressed resplendently in European blue, I'm not sure it worked though; from the BBC website -

Acting Spanish prime minister Mr Rajoy said after a summit of EU leaders in Brussels that he wanted to be "very clear Scotland does not have the competence to negotiate with the European Union". He added: "Spain opposes any negotiation by anyone other than the government of United Kingdom. I am extremely against it, the treaties are extremely against it and I believe everyone is extremely against it. If the United Kingdom leaves... Scotland leaves."

Spain was a vocal opponent of Scottish independence ahead of the 2014 referendum, largely because of the situation in Catalonia where there is a strong independence movement.

Meanwhile, Mr Hollande said: "The negotiations will be conducted with the United Kingdom, not with a part of the United Kingdom".

I'm actually more interested in what John Kerry has said in the last few hours to be honest, and that seems to chime with an oblique reference that the much diminished David Cameron came out with at PMQ's as he signed off an answer to Douglas Carswell.

<blockquote data-quote="Warbler" data-source="post: 2543347" data-attributes="member: 65228">So Nicola Sturgeon thought she&#039;d hot foot it to Brussels dressed resplendently in European blue, I&#039;m not sure it worked though; from the BBC website -Acting Spanish prime minister Mr Rajoy said after a summit of EU&nbsp; leaders in Brussels that he wanted to be &quot;very clear Scotland does not&nbsp; have the competence to negotiate with the European Union&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; He added: &quot;Spain opposes any negotiation by anyone other than the government of United Kingdom. I&nbsp; am extremely against it, the treaties are extremely against it and I&nbsp; believe everyone is extremely against it. If the United Kingdom&nbsp; leaves... Scotland leaves.&quot;Spain was a vocal opponent of Scottish&nbsp; independence ahead of the 2014 referendum, largely because of the&nbsp; situation in Catalonia where there is a strong independence movement.&nbsp; Meanwhile,&nbsp; Mr Hollande said: &quot;The negotiations will be conducted with the United&nbsp; Kingdom, not with a part of the United Kingdom&quot;. I&#039;m actually more interested in what John Kerry has said in the last few hours to be honest, and that seems to chime with an oblique reference that the much diminished David Cameron came out with at PMQ&#039;s as he signed off an answer to Douglas Carswell.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warbler, post: 2543347, member: 65228"] So Nicola Sturgeon thought she'd hot foot it to Brussels dressed resplendently in European blue, I'm not sure it worked though; from the BBC website - Acting Spanish prime minister Mr Rajoy said after a summit of EU leaders in Brussels that he wanted to be "very clear Scotland does not have the competence to negotiate with the European Union". He added: "Spain opposes any negotiation by anyone other than the government of United Kingdom. I am extremely against it, the treaties are extremely against it and I believe everyone is extremely against it. If the United Kingdom leaves... Scotland leaves." Spain was a vocal opponent of Scottish independence ahead of the 2014 referendum, largely because of the situation in Catalonia where there is a strong independence movement. Meanwhile, Mr Hollande said: "The negotiations will be conducted with the United Kingdom, not with a part of the United Kingdom". I'm actually more interested in what John Kerry has said in the last few hours to be honest, and that seems to chime with an oblique reference that the much diminished David Cameron came out with at PMQ's as he signed off an answer to Douglas Carswell. [/QUOTE]

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