LONDON, Aug. 7 -- British Prime Minister Theresa May urged Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh Tuesday to get behind her blueprint for a soft-Brexit deal as Britain prepares to leave the European Union (EU).
In what the media in Britain described as a showdown between the two leaders, Sturgeon issued a challenge to May to set out a "plan B" for Brexit.
The Scottish broadcaster STV said Tuesday night that Sturgeon expects to revisit the question of Scottish independence from the United Kingdom this fall as the British government continues to flounder on Brexit.
Sturgeon, who has opposed Britain leaving the EU, said the Brexit blueprint devised by May seemed to be dead, saying she should set out an alternative to avoid Britain leaving the EU without a deal.
But at the meeting, May urged the Scottish government not to sow division over Brexit, calling on Scottish ministers to get behind her negotiating position with the message: "a good deal for the UK is a good deal for Scotland."
Referring to the recent cabinet meeting at her country retreat Chequers, where the blueprint was agreed, May said: "What the government has put forward in the Chequers agreement and the (government) White Paper is a proposal that delivers on Brexit, that ensures we bring an end to free movement and the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, which protects jobs and livelihoods, and is good for every part of the UK."
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