of article 50, we ll look at how scotland is coping with brexit and what it may mean for the future of the united kingdom. that s in europe: scotland s dilemma at 2.30pm. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the uk independence party s only mp, douglas carswell, has announced he s leaving the party. in a statement on his website, mr carswell said that he was quitting ukip in the knowledge that his goal of leaving the european union had been achieved. he will now be sitting as an independent mp. a little earlier my colleague reeta chakra barti spoke to mr ca rswell and began by asking him why he made the decision to leave the party. on wednesday theresa may announces that she s triggering article 50, ukip, my party, we were set up 23 yea rs ukip, my party, we were set up 23 years ago to get us out of the european union, job done, we have won. is that the only reason for ukip‘s existence, many would say ukip‘s existence, many would say ukip isa ukip‘s existence, many w
europe: scotland s dilemma, allan little travels to moray, the part of the nation which came closest to voting leave, to find out what the decision could mean for workers and business owners. scotland s streets are full of tributes to those who have helped shape the country and wider europe. thinkers, poets, warriors. but now scotland is torn between two identities, its british self and its european one. scotland can now no longer belong to both. this dilemma is brewing into an acute constitutional crisis. what effect will leaving the eu have on those whose livelihoods have been shaped by european membership for decades? what we need to know and know fast is where our future workforce is going to come from. and how will scotland cope as britain leaves the single market? 80% of all the food we sell out of scotland goes to europe. europe is the ball game for our export right now. scotland did not choose this. it rejected a brexit but brexit is being thrust upon it. what would t