Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon threatens to block legislation on Brexit Sunday June 26,2016

Scotland will do whatever it takes to remain in the European Union, including potentially blocking legislation on a British exit from the bloc, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday June 26,2016 

Scotland, a nation of five million people, voted to stay in the EU by 62 to 38 per cent in Thursday June 23,2016’s referendum, putting it at odds with the United Kingdom, which voted by 52 to 48 % in favour of an exit from the bloc, or Brexit.

 “There are going to be deeply damaging and painful consequences of the process of trying to extricate the U.K. from the EU. I want to try and protect Scotland from that,” First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told 

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon  said the Brexit vote was a game changer that made it legitimate for Scotland to revisit the issue of independence. 

“The context and the circumstances have changed dramatically. The U.K. that Scotland voted to remain within in 2014 doesn’t exist anymore,” First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.