Nicola Sturgeon urges David Cameron to "think twice" about entering Scottish EU referendum debate

Nicola Sturgeon has warned the Prime Minister to "think twice" about getting involved in the Scottish part of the EU referendum campaign, with the First Minister suggesting David Cameron could do more harm than good.

Appearing on the Andrew Marr show, Sturgeon also suggested people who voted against Scottish independence would move over to the Yes campaign if the UK voted to leave the EU while a majority in Scotland chose to remain.

She said: “If a couple of years later we find ourselves, having voted to stay in the European Union, being taken out against our will, I do think there are many people – including people who voted No in 2014 – who would say ‘the only way to guarantee our EU membership is to be independent and that, I think, is inescapable.”

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Sturgeon has warned the In Campaign must learn from the mistakes of Better Together, telling Marr she would not share a platform with David Cameron.

She also told Cameron to stay out of the Scottish campaign.

“I'm not sure it would help his cause too much, I think he should perhaps think twice about that,” she said. 

“I remember in the independent referendum we used to be overjoyed every time he made a foray into Scotland to campaign there because we thought it ratcheted votes up for the Yes campaign.

“So I'll be making a positive case but as I said earlier on my reasons for being in the EU, I guess, are rather different to David Cameron’s in many respects. Perhaps if we appeal to our own strands of opinion then we will maximise our chances of a vote to stay in.”