ABSTRACT
I strongly believe that we have got to get Scotland the best possible deal out of Europe. Although I accept that there are other legitimate arguments about how we do that, I submit – with overwhelming evidence in my support – that the best way is to remain within the UK and, as the documents on the concordats made clear, to be fully and directly involved in every way possible in the formulation of UK policy to ensure that that policy is tailored where necessary to Scotland’s interests. We shall then be able to push and achieve advances and we intend to continue to do so.
