MSPs at Holyrood have voted to call on the UK Government to stop Brexit by revoking article 50.

A majority backed a motion by Green Glasgow MSP Patrick Harvie which called on

The Parliament backed the call that if the UK faces a choice of No deal or revoke then the notification to withdraw from the EU should be withdrawn if there is no time to hold a second referendum or People’s Vote.

Mr Harvie’s motion stated that unless the UK secures a sufficient extension to the Brexit process to organise and conduct a public vote with an option to remain in the EU, then article 50 should be revoked immediately.

The call was backed by SNP and Labour MSPs

Mr Harvie said: “Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain in the European Union but the Prime Minister refused to reach out to find consensus, so increasingly she has had to pin her hopes on persuading a reckless rabble of hard-right Brexiteers.

“Faced with such monumental disrespect, it’s no surprise the Scottish Parliament has voted to back the millions who’ve marched in London or signed the record-breaking petition to revoke Article 50, desperate for a way out of the Brexit mess.”

He said the UK Government was in a “shambles” but that it had a choice.

He added: “They now need to exercise that, first by asking for an extension long enough for any withdrawal agreement to be put back to the people, and if that doesn’t happen, to cancel the crisis, revoke, and move on.”

Meanwhile Glasgow Labour MSP, Johann Lamont, called for a people’s vote.

She said during the debate: “My constituents in Glasgow have real concerns about the devastating consequences a no deal Brexit would have on jobs and living standards. We should be under no illusion how grave it would be for Britain to face a hard Brexit at the hands of the Tory party.

“I do not trust Theresa May with the future of our country. The time has come to give the power back to the people, let them decide the way forward.”

Scottish Government, External Affairs Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: “Today the Parliament voted decisively to revoke the Article 50 EU withdrawal process, if the time to hold a new referendum on EU membership is not secured.

“In line with the people of Scotland, the Scottish Government’s position has always been to remain in the EU and that can be done by holding a referendum with remain on the ballot paper or by revoking Article 50.

“The UK Government must not allow Scotland or the UK to crash out of the EU with ‘no deal’ or keep threatening to pursue its bad deal. It’s time they started listening and called a halt to this this unfolding Brexit disaster.”