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EU reports SNP to the police over Brexit stunt

Oh dear. Nothing seems to be going right for the SNP these days. Not only has Nicola Sturgeon lost her finance secretary after he sent inappropriate texts to a teenage boy, but her party is now facing a police investigation in Belgium.

The naughty Nats appear to have caused a diplomatic incident after they decided to project a message onto the side of the European Commission building on Brexit night. Sturgeon then tweeted out a picture of the stunt, appearing to suggest that the EU had colluded with the performance by hinting that they had ‘left a light on’ for Scotland. Certainly, that suggestion was enough to confuse one of her own MPs.

What a strange thing to do for a European Commission that Labour and the Tories say doesn’t want Scotland back in. https://t.co/lPGzy7uWrU— Peter Grant MP (@PeterGrantMP) February 1, 2020 But it seems the Commission hasn’t seen the funny side.

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