Sturgeon's Scottish independence calls would mean building of new HADRIAN’S WALL
NICOLA Sturgeon’s “barmy” calls for Scottish independence would mean a barbed wire Hadrian’s Wall having to be built, a leading Scottish politician has said.
David Coburn, leader of Ukip in Scotland, has told Express.co.uk a physical border would have to be put in place between Scotland and England if the United Kingdom was split apart.
There would be no choice but to put barbed wire up between the two countries because of the number of migrants who would come into England because the First Minister wants to stay part of the EU’s open door policy, he said.
His comments come after the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) leader outlined her next steps in an attempt to secure Scotland’s position in Europe, including saying a second independence vote was “highly likely”.
Sturgeon’s independence claims are just a load of waffle
A total of 62 per cent of Scottish voters backed remaining in the EU on July 23 while the whole UK voted by 52 per cent to 48 per cent to leave.
Mr Coburn, said: “Sturgeon’s independence claims are just a load of waffle, she’s thrashing about and causing trouble where she shouldn’t be.
“Martin Schulz, the European Parliament president, said there’s no alternative for Scotland - it would have to become independent then join the EU but they would have to increase the amount they would have to pay and they just don’t have enough cash.
“Sturgeon is talking through her helmet hairdo.”
He accused the First Minister of “ruining” Scottish businesses with her pro-EU, anti-UK rhetoric.
Ms Sturgeon argued earlier this week Scotland being part of the EU would safeguard the country’s economic interests, including “free movement of labour, access to a single market of 500 million people and the funding that our farmers and universities depend on”.
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However, MEP Mr Coburn said that is just not true and more than a third of SNP members voted for Brexit which makes him believe another Scottish independence referendum would result in staying in the UK, as it did in 2014.
He added: “What will happen if they become independent is there will have to be a barbed wire Hadrian’s Wall-style border because she wants to have any number of people coming in with the open door migrant policy the EU has.
“Just look at the migrants in Bute, they’re desperate to try to escape.
"They want to be with people who speak their language and in an urban setting, not an island in Scotland.
“The SNP are putting them there so it’s hard for them to escape - they’re trying to keep them in Scotland so they vote for the SNP.
“It’s essentially gerrymandering, they want to give homes to more migrants so they vote for the SNP.”