Theresa May has support of people from across UK

WHEN she stood outside Number 10 for the first time as Prime Minister, Theresa May spoke affectionately about what she called “the precious, precious bond between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland”.

This was more than mere rhetoric from the Prime Minister. It is clear that she means it and that defeating the cause of Scottish separatism is important to her. Nobody could doubt her sincerity yesterday when she headed to Scotland and pledged to turn the UK into a “more united nation”.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon acts as if she is the voice of the Scottish people, sanctimoniously lecturing Mrs May on their behalf. She has no right to do so. Her narrow obsession with leaving the Union is not one that is widely shared.

After the 2014 independence referendum, the general election in 2015 and the Brexit referendum last year the last thing most Scottish voters want is another trip to the polls.

Using Brexit as a pretext for doing so is bogus. Even within Sturgeon’s own party, an organisation that is supposed to be heartily pro-Brussels, around a third of members voted last year to quit the EU.

When it comes to strengthening the Union and standing together to make the most of the opportunities that Brexit will present it is clear that Theresa May commands the support of people from across the UK.

For all Sturgeon’s moaning that includes the people of Scotland.