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Nicola Sturgeon is right to be outraged over Brexit.

She’s not alone either – most of Scotland is sick of the whole thing.

So it’s no wonder the First Minister spurned a late call from Theresa May’s deputy to discuss this shambles.

The horse bolted a long time ago. And it’s doubtful David Lidington is the man to sort it all out.

Sturgeon’s opponents accuse her of a dereliction of duty. They ask how she could have turned down any opportunity to take this on?

But she’d already asked to speak to the Prime Minister in London at a formal ministerial meeting.

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All this after the Scottish Government were left out of any formal role in negotiations – and denied an opportunity to see the withdrawal plan before Cabinet agreed to it.

While the SNP clearly have the ultimate cause of independence in mind, this isn’t all about the Nationalists.

A majority at Holyrood refused to consent to the UK’s legislation to quit Europe but are being sidelined.

Other parties in the Scottish Parliament led demands for a second vote on the deal. This too is being resisted.

Tories don’t want to listen to either demand, constantly fearing for the future of the Union.

It’s alarming that Unionists think the UK is so fragile that we have to sit back and watch this unfolding Brexit disaster to its conclusion.

No one is even sure who’ll be around in Government to witness the dismal end of the UK’s membership of the EU.

Pretty much everyone who enthusiastically backed project Brexit has already scuttled off pretending it’s someone else’s mess to clean up.

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Amber Rudd, fired for being rubbish at immigration, is now back in Government.

Steve Barclay is currently researching who he is after being made Brexit Secretary.

Michael Gove lingers like the faint whiff above Peterhead harbour.

It’s not just Scotland being let down. The whole of the UK and Europe deserves better than this.

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Justice prevails

Donald Trump tries his level best to rip up the rules and pretend he’s the referee.

He undermines the role of the Press in a free society while bluffing about freedom of speech.

Luckily for CNN journalist Jim Acosta there are still real referees out there.

A judge in the US capital ordered the White House to give him back the Press pass Trump so arrogantly took away.

Access was revoked just because the US president doesn’t like being challenged.

Now the law is challenging Trump back.

He won’t like it, but it’s a welcome reminder that he doesn’t always have the whip hand.