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Sturgeon refuses to back Johnson's Brexit plan
Nicola Sturgeon during FMQs today

NICOLA STURGEON refused to back Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new Brexit plan today as she ridiculed Tory infighting in a fiery exchange during First Minister’s Questions.

Addressing the First Minister, interim Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw said: “We are at the 11th hour.

“There is a need on all sides to compromise if we are going to reach a negotiated settlement, yet the record of this SNP government has been to fail to do so.

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