SNP, Scottish Labour, Lib Dem and Green MSPs voted to refuse “consent” to the Bill linked to the agreement. The move was symbolic and cannot stop a deal described by Nicola Sturgeon as the "worst negotiating outcome in history".In a UK-wide referendum in 2016, voters opted to leave the EU, but over 60% of people in Scotland who voted backed staying in the bloc.Boris Johnson's Government negotiated a withdrawal agreement and in recent days reached a deal on trade.Approval of the deal is a near certainty after the Tories and Labour united to back legislation relating to the trade deal.The European Union (Future Relationship) Bill cleared its first Commons hurdle today after MPs gave it a second reading by a majority of 448.In a specially.
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