Nicola Sturgeon - Scotland Wants Out

Today is not going down well with one of the UK's component nations, Scotland. 

First minister, Nicola Sturgeon, put it plainly:

“As of 11:00 pm tonight (2300 GMT) the U.K. that Scotland voted to remain part of, a U.K. inside the E.U., the status quo that a majority voted for, will no longer exist. There will be a material change in the circumstances that prevailed in 2014,” she said, referring to the last referendum on Scottish independence.

Members of the devolved Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh this week voted to back her calls for a fresh vote, which she wants to be held as early as this year. 

But U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected SNP requests to formally transfer powers from London to Edinburgh for the referendum – dubbed indyref2 – to be held.

"Leave a Light On"

Scottish newspapers on Friday marked Brexit with pro-European front pages, reflecting the majority vote north of the border with England to remain in the E.U. in the 2016 referendum. 

“Short changed: Isolated, worse off, weaker and divided,” said the Daily Record. 

Pro-independence daily The National wrote: “Dear Europe. We didn’t vote for this. Remember to … Leave a light on for Scotland.”