Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland would have the attention of the world in 2020 NEIL HANNA/WPA POOL/GETTY IMAGESNicola Sturgeon has said in her new year message that Scotland will be at the “centre of international attention” in 2020. The first minister highlighted the UN climate change summit in Glasgow in November, saying it would come “at the end of a historic year”. Ms Sturgeon said: “Against the wishes of most people in Scotland, we will leave the European Union at the end of January. The Scottish government will do everything we can to mitigate the worst impacts of Brexit. “We will work to ensure that people in Scotland have the chance to determine our own future — by deciding whether we wish to become an independent country.”In his own message, the Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw spoke of his optimism that…

Source: The Times December 31, 2019 00:08 UTC