Snp remainers launch last-ditch plot to block scotland from leaving eu

Pro-EU SNP campaigners will unveil their plan they claim will keep Scotland inside the European Union and scupper Brexit. The bombshell announcement comes from a former SNP spin doctor

Fergus Mutch, who said that Scotland won't allow Brexit to happen. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Mr Mutch revealed he was director of EU and Me, an SNP Remainer campaign for Scotland to break

up the UK and then join the EU. Mr Mutch, formerly the SNP's head of communications and research, told Al Jazeera that they would exploit the sky-high support for Scottish

independence. He said that next week a new campaign to keep Scotland in the EU would be launched aimed at blocking UK attempts to cut ties with the EU. The Remainer said: "Just a few

months ago, it was unthinkable for the UK to leave without a deal. Now the Tory Government seems to be talking that up. "We can't have that. Scotland hasn't voted for

that."  JUST IN: PETER BONE SHUTS DOWN 'WEAK' LEAKED LETTER ON BREXIT BORDER CONCERNS He added: "Scotland is a firmly pro-EU country and so yes we will be campaigning to

ensure we are backing Europe." In recent weeks, polling has consistently suggested that more than half of Scots want to leave the United Kingdom. This surge in support has been tied to

Scotland’s leadership in controlling the coronavirus compared with England, and a hostility to Brexit. A survey two weeks ago found 63 percent of people in Scotland were in favour of

extending the transition period. The SNP's Shona Robison told Al Jazeera: "People in Scotland have recognised that the UK Government has been so inept in their handling. "I

think it has persuaded a lot of people who were not supporters that we can actually manage our own affairs better." On Monday Sir John Curtice, the UK’s leading polling expert, echoed

this point, saying Nicola Sturgeon’s handling of the coronavirus crisis has made Scottish voters more open to the idea of independence. Professor Iain Black from Stirling University said

that to secure independence support for the measure must rise beyond 60 percent.