SNPs Sturgeon says UK withdrawal from EU must have four nation backing. A referendum in favour of leaving the European Union would need to have the clear support of the UK nations, the SNPs Nicola Sturgeon has insisted. She said England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should each deliver a majority vote to make withdrawal legal. In an interview with BBC Radios Good Morning Scotland, Ms Sturgeon said: If you look at states like Australia and Canada there are some circumstances where changes to their constitution requires not just a majority across the country but in each of the provinces as well. The UK is not a unitary state it is a family of nations, it is made up of the four home nations. We were told during the referendum that each of these nations had equal status, that our voices mattered. If that is the case I think it is right that something that would have such significant consequences for jobs, for the economy, for our standing in the world, it should require the consent of not just the UK as a whole but that family of nations.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:32:49 +0000
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