Scottish Leader, Nicola Sturgeon, Criticizes British Prime Minister<br />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<br />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.<br />Brexit said that If the same attitude is adopted by her government to other European<br />countries as has been adopted to Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland,<br />By RICK GLADSTONEAPRIL 6, 2017<br />Scotland’s leader, Nicola Sturgeon, has described her dealings with Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain as cordial despite blunt differences<br />over the future of the United Kingdom — Mrs. May’s intent to divorce the European Union and Ms. Sturgeon’s intent to divorce Britain.<br />" Ms. Sturgeon said. that If I told you that not just the Scottish government,<br />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,<br />But Mrs. May, the top advocate of Brexit, has said<br />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.<br />Ms. Sturgeon said the government in London did engage in consultations with representatives from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland concerning the Brexit process,<br />but she suggested that those interactions were perfunctory.
