MSP says Brexit Party Indyref2 green light “a betrayal of unionist voters”
Jamie Halcro Johnston, Scottish Conservative MSP for the Highlands and Islands, has described comments by a leading Brexit Party candidate as a betrayal of supporters of the Union.
Louis Stedman-Bryce, the lead Scottish candidate for Nigel Farage’s party at Thursday’s European Parliament elections, admitted he didn’t “feel we would stand in their way” if the SNP government demanded a re-run of the 2014 vote.
Mr Halcro Johnston said, “Here in Moray, and elsewhere across the North of Scotland, people voted solidly in favour of keeping Scotland in the United Kingdom, and the great majority would be appalled at the prospect of re-running the independence referendum.
“These comments from Mr Stedman-Bryce show just how out of touch the Brexit Party is with majority of Scottish voters, and how indifferent they are to the concerns of Unionist voters.
“It is important that Unionist voters don’t allow themselves to be misled by the Brexit Party; a party which does not share their priorities and clearly won’t stand up to Nicola Sturgeon’s plans to break up the United Kingdom.
“The only party which actually believes we should respect the result of both referendums is the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. We want to see Scotland, as part of the UK, leave the EU, and we don’t want the uncertainty of more referendums”.
