Ex-Scottish nationalist deputy leader backs British EU exit

A former deputy leader of Scotland's ruling nationalist party says he is backing a British exit from the European Union, partly because the bloc told Scotland to "get stuffed" during its independence referendum in 2014. In a pamphlet published on Thursday Jim Sillars, deputy leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 1991 to 1992, criticised the party now led by Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon for backing Britain's EU membership in a June 23 referendum.