No chance of SNP voting for May’s Brexit deal

Theresa May has no chance of getting her Brexit deal passed at a planned vote next month on legislation for withdrawal, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

The Prime Minister has promised to bring the Withdrawal Agreement Bill to write her Brexit deal into law before the House of Commons in the first week of June.

Talks between Mrs May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn have so far failed to reach agreement on Brexit and the DUP continues to oppose the deal due to the inclusion of the Northern Ireland backstop.

Asked if she believed the Prime Minister will secure support top ass the deal at the June vote, Nicola Sturgeon said: “It doesn’t look to me as if she has any chance of getting it through because nothing has changed.

“She hasn’ t made any progress in the last few weeks and it seems to me to be more about preserving her own party than doing what is right for the country.

“The SNP will vote against it because that would take Scotland out of the EU, out of the single market, out of the customs union and that’s not in Scotland’s interests.”