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Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), looks on as John Swinney, Scotland's deputy first minister, not pictured, speaks during the Scottish National Party annual Spring Conference at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) in Aberdeen, U.K. on Friday, March 17, 2017. Sturgeon wants to be able to offer Scots the choice between leaving the EU with Britain, or becoming an independent nation with access to the EUs single market. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), looks on as John Swinney, Scotland's deputy first minister, not pictured, speaks during the Scottish National Party annual Spring Conference at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) in Aberdeen, U.K. on Friday, March 17, 2017. Sturgeon wants to be able to offer Scots the choice between leaving the EU with Britain, or becoming an independent nation with access to the EUs single market. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images