scotland warns of no access to eu single market after brexit scotland warns of no access to eu single market after brexit by 0 149 




scottish secretary of state david mundell has warned about the consequences of the uk<u+2019>s withdrawal from the european union (eu), saying brexit would cut access to the single market. 




mundell told members of the scottish parliament on thursday that neither scotland nor any other part of the uk was going to get a <u+201c>special deal<u+201d> during the negotiations with the eu. 




<u+201c>so there are very specific issues to specific industries, but there won<u+2019>t be special deals and it<u+2019>s absolutely wrong to characterize a suggestion that certain areas of the country will get a special deal and scotland will not,<u+201d> he said. 




<u+201c>i accept on one level, if we are leaving the eu then essentially we are leaving the single market but access to the single market can, i think, continue in a way that doesn<u+2019>t involve tariffs or barriers,<u+201d> the secretary continued. 




british and scottish officials have long been engaged in a war of words over the brexit process, with scotland asking for<u+2026>
scotland warns of no access to eu single market after brexit
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