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Holyrood parties have joined forces to isolate Tories and reject Theresa May’s Brexit plan.

The SNP, Labour, Greens and Lib Dems agreed to come together in an unprecedented show of opposition in a vote to be held next week.

It means the Scottish Parliament, backed by the Scottish Government, will resoundingly turn down the proposal days before MPs are likely to do the same at Westminster.

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The vote in Edinburgh won’t legally change the course of Brexit – but it

will send a loud message to the Prime Minister that Scotland’s wishes have been ignored.

May spent just three hours in Scotland on Wednesday in a PR stunt designed to gather support for her plans.

But it was overshadowed by the Chancellor’s admission that the deal will make the UK poorer than if it stayed in the EU.

The Bank of England also issued dire warnings about leaving without a deal.

In a joint statement, the four Holyrood parties minus the Tories said they are confident they can reject a “no deal” result and lead the way to alternatives, including a second referendum.

They said: “The day after the Prime Minister’s stage-managed visit to Scotland – during which she failed to engage with any politicians or individuals who oppose her proposals – this unique and positive cooperation between four of the five parties at Holyrood indicates Scotland’s strength of feeling on Brexit and the Prime Minister’s untenable position, as well as illustrating the isolation of the Tories on this matter.”

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More than a million Scots voted to leave the European Union in 2016 but the vast majority voted to stay.

Polls show support for Europe has increased in every constituency in Scotland in recent months.

A survey this week suggested a majority of English constituencies now back staying in the EU.

Conservatives in Scotland have rallied round the PM, although fringe figures like Aberdeen South MP Ross Thomson split from the pack.

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Pro-EU parties hope to keep Scotland in the single market and customs union, which allow for the freedom of goods and people.

Tory deputy leader Jackson Carlaw, who is standing in for Ruth Davidson during her maternity leave, called for the First Minister to back the deal.

At Holyrood yesterday, he reduced the deal down to fishing interests in the North Sea.

Carlaw said ditching Brexit would mean the fishing fleet will have to stay in the Common Fisheries Policy, which governs who catches what across European waters.

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He said: “The plain fact is that, for all its posturing and pompous outrage, the SNP’s policy is to rejoin the EU and, because there is no way round this, to rejoin the Common Fisheries Policy.”

He took a swipe at independence, adding: “The First Minister says vote down the deal, which means more chaos and more upheaval and all in the hope that it will deliver on her obsession with a second independence referendum.

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“That is not in Scotland’s interests and it is not standing up for Scotland.”