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in the spirit of the warm, humane and generous values that are the | :00:00. | 3:59:59 | |
best of Britain. Hello and good morning | :00:00. | :00:26. | |
from Scotland, which woke to the news that while voters | :00:27. | :00:28. | |
here said they wanted to stay in the European Union, | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
the UK as a whole voted to leave. 62% of Scots voted for Remain, | :00:32. | :00:34. | |
with 38% voting to leave. Nicola Sturgeon said that Scotland | :00:35. | :00:48. | |
delivered a strong vote to remain in the EU. | :00:49. | :00:55. | |
This is the scene Ne attribute House. | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
The UK wide vote was 48% for remaining and 52% | :00:59. | :01:01. | |
While we wait for that media conference from the First Minister, | :01:02. | :01:07. | |
let's remind ourselves of what the Prime Minister said | :01:08. | :01:09. | |
We must prepare for a negotiation with the European Union. This will | :01:10. | :01:20. | |
involve, the Scottish, Welsh, and the Northern Ireland governments to | :01:21. | :01:22. | |
ensure that the interests of all parts of the United Kingdom are | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
protected and advanced. But above all, this will require strong, | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
determined and committed leadership. Scottish labour's leader, Kezia | :01:34. | :01:39. | |
Dugdale has been speaking to Political Correspondents, Glen | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
Campbell. Here is her reaction. It is significant. A strong Remain | :01:44. | :01:45. | |
vote. Edinburgh, 75%. So we have a It is significant. A strong Remain | :01:46. | :01:54. | |
complex result. 1.6 million Scots voted to remain in the EU. 18 months | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
ago 2 million of them wanted to stay within the United Kingdom. So we | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
have to keep the heed, some calm time now, a chance to breathe. | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
Consider what this mean force the future of the United Kingdom and | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
indeed the jobs and the opportunities reflected upon that. | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
We are about to hear from the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon as Bute | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
House. Our Political Correspondent, Andrew Kerr is there. | :02:20. | :02:28. | |
Nicola Sturgeon will be coming into the room shortly. This was the room | :02:29. | :02:38. | |
where Alex Salmond resigned, a very different political scenario. Today, | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
the First Minister here, very defiant after that vote, after that | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
result. She's been saying that the people of Scotland see their future | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
as part of the European Union. How might that work out? Well, the | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
former First Minister, Alex Salmond has been quick to suggest that the | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
manifesto commitments will be implemented and a second | :03:01. | :03:01. | |
independence referendum could be possible. We are to hear from the | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
First Minister shortly. We are seeing what she will be talking | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
about. Perhaps asking, asserting the right for Scotland to have new | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
powers, the powers under the so-called section 30 order for | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
Scotland to have that, those powers to hold another independence | :03:22. | :03:25. | |
referendum. Of course, Holyrood does not have institutional powers to | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
hold a referendum, those have to be granted from Westminster. We are | :03:31. | :03:32. | |
about to hear from the First Minister. She is walking into the | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
room just now. Let's hear from Nicola Sturgeon. | :03:37. | :03:47. | |
Good morning. Thank you all very much for joining me this morning | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
after a long night and a long few months for all of us. | :03:53. | :03:59. | |
Yesterday Scotland, like London and Northern Ireland, voted | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
overwhelmingly to remain in the European Union. We voted to protect | :04:03. | :04:08. | |
our place in the world's biggest single market and the jobs and | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
investment that depend on it. We voted to safeguard our freedom to | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
travel, live, work and study in other European countries, and we | :04:19. | :04:25. | |
voted to renew our reputation as an outward looking, open and inclusive | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
country. It is significant, in my view, that we did so after a | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
campaign that was positive about the EU, and about the benefits of | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
migration. Indeed, I want to take the opportunity this morning to | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
speak directly to citizens of other European countries living here in | :04:47. | :04:52. | |
Scotland - you remain welcome here, Scotland is your home and your | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
contribution is valued. Unfortunately, of course, | :04:58. | :05:00. | |
yesterday's result in Scotland was not echoed across the whole of the | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
United Kingdom. The UK-wide vote to leave the EU is | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
one that I deeply regret. It remains my passionate belief it is better | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
for all parts of the UK to be members of the European Union. | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
But the vote across England and Wales was a rejection of the EU, it | :05:21. | :05:29. | |
was a sign of die vergence between Scotland and large parts of the rest | :05:30. | :05:32. | |
of the UK and how we see our place in the world. But the vote was not | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
just about the EU but a clear expression of the disaffection with | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
the political system felt in too many communities. Communities taken | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
for granted by Labour for generations and punished with | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
austerity cuts by the Tories for a financial crisis they did not cause, | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
using this referendum to make their voice heard. The Westminster | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
establishment has some serious soul-searching to do, I hope very | :05:59. | :06:02. | |
much that it now does it. But as First Minister of Scotland, I | :06:03. | :06:04. | |
have a duty to respond, not just to But as First Minister of Scotland, I | :06:05. | :06:11. | |
the outcome across the UK but also and in particular to the democratic | :06:12. | :06:17. | |
decision take been I the people of Scotland. As things stand, Scotland | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
faces the prospect of being taken out of the EU against our will. I | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
regard that as democratically unacceptable. | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
Of course, we face that prospect less than two years after being told | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
it was our own referendum on independence that would end our | :06:37. | :06:39. | |
membership of the European Union, and that only a rejection of | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
independence could protect it. Indeed for many people, the supposed | :06:44. | :06:47. | |
guarantee of remaining in the EU was a driver in our decision to vote to | :06:48. | :06:52. | |
stay within the UK. So there is no doubt that | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
yesterday's result represents a significant and a material change of | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
the circumstances in which Scotland voted against independence in 2014. | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
My job now is to act responsible, voted against independence in 2014. | :07:06. | :07:13. | |
and in the interests of ALL of Scotland, and that is what I intend | :07:14. | :07:17. | |
to do. The Cabinet are to meet tomorrow morning to discuss our next | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
steps in more detail but I want to set out now immediate priorities. | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
Firstly, we have a job to do to provide as much reassurance and | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
certainty as we can. I spoke a short while 50 to the governor of the Bank | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
of England to discuss plans to reissue the markets and restore | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
financial stability. Starting this afternoon, the ministers will be | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
engaged in discussions with key stake holders, especially in the | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
business community to emphasise that as of now we are still firmly in the | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
EU, trade and business continue as normal. We are determined that | :07:53. | :07:56. | |
Scotland will continue now and in the future to be an attractive and a | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
stable place to do business. Our resilience committee to meet this | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
afternoon to oversee the immediate actions. | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
Secondly, I want to make it absolutely clear today that I intend | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
to take all possible steps and explore all options to give effect | :08:16. | :08:21. | |
to how people in Scotland voted. In other words, to secure our | :08:22. | :08:25. | |
continuing place in the EU and in the single market in particular. | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
To that end I have made clear to the Prime Minister this morning that the | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
Scottish Government must be fully and directly involved in any and all | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
decisions about the next steps that the UK Government intends to take. | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
We also be seeking direct discussions with the EU institutions | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
and its Member States including the earliest possible meeting with the | :08:51. | :08:52. | |
President of the European Commission. I will be communicating | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
over this weekend with each EU member state to make clear that | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
Scotland has voted to stay in the EU. I intend to discuss all options | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
for doing so. I should say I have also spoken this | :09:06. | :09:12. | |
morning with Mayor Sadiq Khan, he is clear he shares the objective for | :09:13. | :09:15. | |
London, so there is a clear common cause between us. The discussions | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
that take place over the coming days and weeks will be led by government | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
but I seek the support and ensure the involvement of the Scottish | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
Parliament each step of the way and intend to speak to all-party leaders | :09:31. | :09:33. | |
today and to make a full statement to the chamber on Tuesday. Also to | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
make a further statement following the meeting of the Scottish Cabinet. | :09:39. | :09:45. | |
Lastly, let me address the issue of a second independence referendum - | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
the manifesto that the SNP was elected on last month said this: The | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
Scottish Parliament should have the right to hold another referendum. If | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
there is a significant and a material change in the circumstances | :09:59. | :10:02. | |
that prevailed in 2014, such as Scotland being taken out of the EU | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
against our will. Scotland does now face that prospect. It is a | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
significant and a material change in the circumstances and it is | :10:12. | :10:14. | |
therefore a statement of the obvious, that the option of a second | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
referendum must be on the table and it is on the table. | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
Clearly, though, there are many discussions to be had before a final | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
decision can be taken. It would not be right to rush to judgment ahead | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
of discussions on how Scotland's result will be responded to by the | :10:32. | :10:37. | |
EU. However, when the Article 50 process is triggered in three | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
months' time, the UK will be on a two-year path to the EU exit door. | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
If Parliament judges a second referendum is the best or the only | :10:48. | :10:51. | |
way to protect our place in Europe, it must have the option to hold one | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
within that timescale. That means we must act now to | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
protect that position. I can therefore confirm today that | :11:01. | :11:04. | |
in order to protect that position we will be begin to prepare the | :11:05. | :11:09. | |
legislation that would be required to enable a new independence | :11:10. | :11:12. | |
referendum to take place, if and when Parliament so decides. | :11:13. | :11:18. | |
To conclude this, this is not a situation that I wanted Scotland or | :11:19. | :11:23. | |
the UK to be in today. My responsibility in a climate of | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
uncertainty, is to seek to lead us forward with purpose. I know that | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
there is a lot of thinking and talking to be done in the period | :11:33. | :11:36. | |
that lies ahead and before final decisions are taken. The issues that | :11:37. | :11:43. | |
we face are complex. There are many people who voted against | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
independence in 2014, who are today reassessing their decision. Indeed, | :11:50. | :11:53. | |
a very large number of them have contacted me already. | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
However, I know that they will not want me to simply assume their | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
support or to hear me talk about the challenges that we face if they are | :12:03. | :12:06. | |
straightforward, they will want me be to straight and honest with them. | :12:07. | :12:11. | |
Now is the time for me as the First Minister to do everything I can to | :12:12. | :12:14. | |
bring people together in common cause, and to seek to lead our | :12:15. | :12:19. | |
country forward as one. The need to act decisively must be | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
tempered with the need to build consensus, it will be, that is my | :12:25. | :12:28. | |
duty as First Minister. After a campaign characterised in the rest | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
of the UK by fear and hate, my priority in the days, the weeks and | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
the months ahead are to act at all times in the best interests of | :12:38. | :12:41. | |
Scotland, in a way that unites, not to divide us. Let me be clear about | :12:42. | :12:48. | |
this, whatever apts as a result of this outcome, England, Wales and | :12:49. | :12:50. | |
Northern Ireland will be Scotland's closest neighbours and our best | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
friends, nothing will ever change that but I want to leave no-one in | :12:55. | :13:01. | |
any doubt about this - I ham proud of Scotland and how we voted | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
yesterday. We prove proved we are a modern, outward looking and open | :13:08. | :13:11. | |
country, we said clearly we do not want to leave the European Union. I | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
am determined that we will do what it takes to make sure that these | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
aspirations are realised. In closing, let me just say a word | :13:22. | :13:26. | |
or two about the Prime Minister, David Cameron and I have very many | :13:27. | :13:33. | |
political disagreements, not least over the conduct of this referendum. | :13:34. | :13:40. | |
But as I am learning, every single day, leadership is not easy. David | :13:41. | :13:43. | |
has been the Prime Minister of the UK for six years, it is a tough job. | :13:44. | :13:50. | |
Whatever our disagreements, he deserves our thanks for his service. | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
I wish him and his family well for the future. | :13:55. | :14:02. | |
These comments now, I am happy to take questions. | :14:03. | :14:06. | |
What other options are available to you if not an independence | :14:07. | :14:09. | |
referendum? I think the independence referendum is highly likely but I | :14:10. | :14:13. | |
think it is important to take time to consider all the steps and to | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
have the discussions, not least to assess the response of the European | :14:20. | :14:23. | |
Union, to the vote that Scotland expressed yesterday. | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
I am absolutely determined in my responsibility to give effect to how | :14:30. | :14:33. | |
Scotland voted yesterday and it is important that I take all steps to | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
ensure we explore the options to do that. | :14:38. | :14:44. | |
If that independence referendum, that you say is highly likely, will | :14:45. | :14:51. | |
about go ahead with or without the consent of Westminster? I think in | :14:52. | :14:56. | |
the circumstances with the Scottish Parliament deciding -- if the | :14:57. | :15:01. | |
Scottish Parliament decides that is an option they want exercising, I | :15:02. | :15:06. | |
think it would be inconceivable that the UK Government would seek to | :15:07. | :15:10. | |
stand in its way. But these are some of the discussions we would be | :15:11. | :15:14. | |
seeking to have in some of the days and weeks ahead. Peter. Vote-macro | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
you so you want Scotland to remain in the EU, and that you are likely | :15:20. | :15:25. | |
to propose a referendum. The rest of the UK will be out of the EU; that | :15:26. | :15:30. | |
must mean a proper, real border between Scotland and England. | :15:31. | :15:37. | |
These are issues we have to consider calmly and rationally, that is why I | :15:38. | :15:41. | |
have said very, very clearly today that I am not going to stand here | :15:42. | :15:45. | |
and return to anybody that the issues we face are straightforward. | :15:46. | :15:50. | |
We face very complicated issues which is another reason why in | :15:51. | :15:54. | |
addition to being determined about giving effect to how Scotland voted, | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
I am going to take the time to make sure that all of Scotland considers | :16:00. | :16:02. | |
all these issues and has the chance to move forward as one. That is of | :16:03. | :16:11. | |
the art most -- utmost importance. Are you confident that in the | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
potential turmoil that could follow Brexit, those are circumstances that | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
Scotland will want to vote for independence? Can I say, I don't | :16:21. | :16:24. | |
want to see turmoil affecting any part of the United Kingdom. I | :16:25. | :16:28. | |
believe the decision taken yesterday across the UK was the wrong | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
decision, a mistake, but I hope very much that some of the that we had | :16:34. | :16:38. | |
about it or not realised because it would not be in the interests of | :16:39. | :16:45. | |
anybody in the UK they are. But I'm not sure that is not more in hope | :16:46. | :16:49. | |
than expectation. But it is exactly because of the uncertainty and | :16:50. | :16:52. | |
potential turmoil that we face that I think it is in my responsibility | :16:53. | :16:57. | |
to seek to bring Scotland together, to lead Scotland forward, into a | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
position that allows us to continue with the stability and certainty | :17:04. | :17:07. | |
that membership of the EU gives us. I'm not saying these issues are | :17:08. | :17:10. | |
straightforward, but I do think that is the responsibility and the | :17:11. | :17:16. | |
opportunity that lies before us. Presumably you don't want to risk | :17:17. | :17:20. | |
losing another referendum. You will call it when the polls tell you you | :17:21. | :17:24. | |
are almost certain to win it. What level of support do you need at the | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
are almost certain to win it. What polls? My guiding visible in every | :17:30. | :17:32. | |
decision I take over the -- over these next few weeks will be what I | :17:33. | :17:38. | |
consider to be in the best interests of Scotland. That is the | :17:39. | :17:44. | |
responsibility and that is how I will guide every decision I take. | :17:45. | :17:52. | |
You have just said that the vote shows Scotland is forward looking. | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
Our England and Wales backward looking? This was a decision taken | :17:57. | :18:01. | |
democratically after much consideration. It is a decision I | :18:02. | :18:06. | |
deeply disagreed with, but I said during the campaign that I believed | :18:07. | :18:10. | |
it was important to protect our position in the EU and in the wider | :18:11. | :18:14. | |
world as an outward looking, inclusive country, I think that's | :18:15. | :18:18. | |
what voted -- Scotland voted for yesterday. One more question. | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
Article 50, your predecessor said he thinks it is crucial that you stage | :18:25. | :18:30. | |
a second referendum within two to two and a half years, before the UK | :18:31. | :18:39. | |
leads the EU. Do you agree with him? Parliament would have to have the | :18:40. | :18:42. | |
opportunity to hold a referendum if Parliament decides to do that within | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
the timescale triggered by an article 50 process, that is why I | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
said today that we will begin the preparations to make sure that | :18:52. | :18:54. | |
position is protected, obviously from the Scottish Parliament we know | :18:55. | :18:59. | |
this from past experience, for the Scottish Parliament to have that | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
ability to hold a referendum, a legislative process has to be | :19:04. | :19:06. | |
undertaken, that takes time, and that is why that process to protect | :19:07. | :19:16. | |
their position as to begin now otherwise that option may close down | :19:17. | :19:18. | |
for the Scottish Parliament. Thank you very much for your attendance | :19:19. | :19:20. | |
this morning. That was the First Minister Nicola | :19:21. | :19:24. | |
Sturgeon, giving her reaction to the EU referendum vote. | :19:25. | :19:25. | |
Our business and economy editor Douglas Fraser is here. | :19:26. | :19:30. | |
We will be discussing some more of this in detail in just a minute. | :19:31. | :19:46. | |
Andrew care is in Bute House. -- Andrew Kerr. It -- Nicola | :19:47. | :19:53. | |
Sturgeon said it was highly likely a second referendum could take place, | :19:54. | :19:57. | |
and she was saying -- suggesting she was preparing legislation for it to | :19:58. | :20:06. | |
take place, saying that IndyRef to those on the table following that | :20:07. | :20:11. | |
vote last night. This was a significant and material change in | :20:12. | :20:14. | |
circumstances, it had been laid out in the SNP's manifesto, and in fact | :20:15. | :20:19. | |
Alex Salmond had said it was quite certain that it should take place | :20:20. | :20:23. | |
actually within two years of that Article 50 being put into place, | :20:24. | :20:30. | |
essentially when the UK begins those negotiations to leave in the autumn, | :20:31. | :20:35. | |
under a new Prime Minister, the UK has two years before it actually | :20:36. | :20:40. | |
leaves the European Union, an independence referendum would | :20:41. | :20:43. | |
probably have to take place within that time frame. Nicola Sturgeon was | :20:44. | :20:47. | |
saying it was the wrong decision, and she was saying she wanted to | :20:48. | :20:51. | |
play a role in uniting communities, and saying Europeans here in | :20:52. | :20:53. | |
Scotland are of course very welcome. and saying Europeans here in | :20:54. | :20:58. | |
Back to you in the studio. I'm joined now by Douglas Fraser. | :20:59. | :21:05. | |
Douglas, a second independence referendum must be and is on the | :21:06. | :21:10. | |
table? Yes, we are back again, it was said in September 2014 | :21:11. | :21:16. | |
Everything has changed utterly, well, it has changed utterly again. | :21:17. | :21:22. | |
And partly, in Scotland -- in terms of Scotland, it is the momentum that | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
came out of having lost the referendum that the pro-independence | :21:28. | :21:30. | |
movement has kept the pressure on, it thinks it may have lost that | :21:31. | :21:34. | |
battle but there is a war still to be one. And these are precisely the | :21:35. | :21:38. | |
circumstances that have been talked about for quite some time, of | :21:39. | :21:43. | |
Scotland decisively voting to stay within the EU, the rest of the UK, | :21:44. | :21:47. | |
well, England and Wales and particularly, voting decisively it | :21:48. | :21:52. | |
seems to get out, creating a great deal of uncertainty, a lot of things | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
do not change, a lot of volatility in the market spot an awful lot is | :21:58. | :22:01. | |
not changing straightaway. People are worried about the position for | :22:02. | :22:06. | |
their travel abroad, people who are foreign nationals working in the UK, | :22:07. | :22:10. | |
things don't change straightaway. But something to add here, a | :22:11. | :22:17. | |
statement that's come through from the three institutions in Brussels | :22:18. | :22:22. | |
which are the key institutions, the Commission, the Council of ministers | :22:23. | :22:26. | |
and the parliament, regretting the decision. They want talks with the | :22:27. | :22:31. | |
UK Government to start swiftly, however painful they might be. Any | :22:32. | :22:36. | |
delay would unnecessarily prolonged uncertainty. Meanwhile, the UK | :22:37. | :22:41. | |
remains a member of the EU, and they UK will always be a close partner, | :22:42. | :22:46. | |
they add. But the pressure is coming from Brussels to say "Get on with | :22:47. | :22:51. | |
this, we don't want to delay this because it creates uncertainty for | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
us." And indeed there has been discussions and comment already from | :22:57. | :22:59. | |
the Parliament in Berlin, about Scotland's position. The | :23:00. | :23:05. | |
parliamentary leader either of the social Democrats saying that | :23:06. | :23:08. | |
Scotland could not simply replace the UK position within the EU, but | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
it would be warmly welcomed if it were independent. So all of this is | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
no influx. And there are additional convocations, because the notion of | :23:20. | :23:25. | |
risk which we've talked about ahead of the referendum in September 2014 | :23:26. | :23:30. | |
has changed significantly. -- additional convocations. There is | :23:31. | :23:34. | |
now a risk to the economy for the UK, given that it is now negotiating | :23:35. | :23:39. | |
this very significant constitutional change. There is an expectation that | :23:40. | :23:46. | |
growth will fall very rapidly, we may be into recession, because | :23:47. | :23:50. | |
investment confidence is likely to fall fairly fast, consumer | :23:51. | :23:55. | |
confidence likewise. And they recession's not a good time to have | :23:56. | :24:00. | |
a referendum, that's good -- got to be a thing in the mind of the | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
Scottish Cabinet when it meets tomorrow. And the border, the Tweed | :24:05. | :24:10. | |
and achieve Yates, if Scotland were to become independent, that becomes | :24:11. | :24:20. | |
a border in the EU. -- Cheviots. So many repercussions, but many calls | :24:21. | :24:25. | |
today for calm. Angela Merkel's just spoken of the need for calm, | :24:26. | :24:29. | |
although she also said she regretted the vote. Nicola Sturgeon mentioned | :24:30. | :24:34. | |
it as well, the need for business in particular in Scotland to carry on | :24:35. | :24:41. | |
as normal. Yes, business was very clearly in favour of remain. Some | :24:42. | :24:45. | |
voices were relieved, but the majority of opinion, particularly | :24:46. | :24:50. | |
international trading business was in favour of remain, and they will | :24:51. | :24:55. | |
be very unhappy. But they are almost all saying, well, we deal with | :24:56. | :24:59. | |
change, we will have to address this. We can work our way through | :25:00. | :25:04. | |
this, and we look to the governments, the institutions in | :25:05. | :25:08. | |
Brussels, the Bank of England, to ensure that there is financial, | :25:09. | :25:13. | |
monetary stability. And to give us the time to adapt. I mean, | :25:14. | :25:17. | |
everybody's making the point that there is time, things do not have to | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
be rushed, whatever pressure there is from Brussels to get on with | :25:23. | :25:33. | |
this. What happens now, the dreaded question? Nicola Sturgeon has spoken | :25:34. | :25:38. | |
of the -- of wanting to negotiate herself with Europe. Yes, and David | :25:39. | :25:44. | |
Cameron said the devolved administrations in Edinburgh, | :25:45. | :25:47. | |
Cardiff and Belfast will all play a significant part in the talks. Which | :25:48. | :25:52. | |
was probably a wise thing to do in terms of placating the rest of the | :25:53. | :25:58. | |
UK, and also leaving his successor a complication that David Cameron | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
might himself not have been that happy with. But yes, they will enter | :26:03. | :26:09. | |
into talks. It becomes an enormously complex negotiation between these | :26:10. | :26:12. | |
different administrations, including London we are hearing of course, the | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
new mayor wants to get involved as well, and 27 members of the EU and | :26:18. | :26:21. | |
the institutions within Brussels, doing something that is | :26:22. | :26:24. | |
do this before, with the added copy do this before, with the added copy | :26:25. | :26:29. | |
-- convocation that Nicola Sturgeon sounds pretty determined to | :26:30. | :26:35. | |
recognise the majority of Scots wanting to stay in the EU. -- the | :26:36. | :26:41. | |
added complication. That creates a hairy -- a whole new debate to be | :26:42. | :26:45. | |
had, she needs to create a new policy of what independence would | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
now mean. She will need to draw up some kind of replacement for the | :26:51. | :26:55. | |
White Paper, Scotland's people, that there was in 2014. | :26:56. | :26:57. | |
There's continuing coverage of the referendum throughout the day. | :26:58. | :27:01. | |
I'll be back with Reporting Scotland at the later time of 1.45. | :27:02. | :27:04. | |
Until then from everyone on the team here in the studio in Glasgow | :27:05. | :27:07. | |
and at the outside broadcast in Edinburgh, have | :27:08. | :27:09. | |
MPs. He would stand a chance of making the short list. If he | :27:10. | :27:29. | |
delivered 70 million votes for Leave, he | :27:30. | :27:30. |