EDINBURGH (Sputnik) — New UK Prime Minister Theresa May and Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond are "out of step" with the Scottish people regarding the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, the Scottish National Party's (SNP) Europe spokesman told Sputnik Thursday.
"Philip Hammond and the current Scottish Secretary are clearly not on the same page when it comes to Scotland — David Mundell said that he was 'open to Scotland having a slightly different deal' from the rest of the UK. This means that there is now a cross-party consensus in Scotland about the importance of preserving Scotland's EU status, which puts Philip Hammond and Theresa May totally out of step with the views of the people of Scotland," Stephen Gethins said.
The SNP, which currently heads the devolved Scottish Government, is pressing for a deal that would see Scotland remain part of the EU after 62 percent of Scottish voters backed remaining in the bloc in the Brexit referendum held on June 23.
