‘EU exit to cause anger in Scotland’

Leader of Scottish National Party has cautioned against what she calls "groundswell of anger" if the UK decides to withdraw from the European Union.

Nicola Sturgeon says the British government should agree to a "double majority" in the upcoming referendum on UK withdrawal from the European Union.

That would mean all four nations of the UK must support withdrawal before exit is possible.

Sturgeon also warned of “strong backlash” if Scotland were to withdraw from the EU by a UK-wide vote.

"We must be part of the European Union. If Scotland were to be taken out of Europe despite voting as a nation to have remained, it would provoke a strong backlash," she underscored.

Sturgeon also reiterated that Scotland sees its future in Europe, warning that UK exit from EU could provoke another independence vote in Scotland.

"My message to David Cameron is: you don't want to create the conditions for another independence referendum," SNP leader noted.

Nicola Sturgeon made the comments in an address to EU diplomats and officials in Brussels on Tuesday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to hold a referendum on UK membership in EU by the end of 2017.

Latest polls suggest that Scottish people are far more in favor of remaining in the EU than the English.

Sturgeon said Scotts would not accept being taken out of EU if a majority of Britons vote to quit the bloc.

A British politician believes the disputes over the UK’s membership in the European Union indicate that “the UK is breaking up.”

“It is a good example of why the UK is breaking up. I think the fact that we have got different political parties representing Scotland, Wales and North Ireland and England shows that we are all moving apart,” Robin Tilbrok, Chairman of the English Democrats Party told Press TV on Tuesday.

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