(FILES) This file photo taken on June 27, 2016 shows a Scottish Saltire (C) flies between a Union flag (L) and a European Union (EU) flag in front of the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 27, 2016. The Scottish parliament is expected to officially register its opposition to the British government's march towards Brexit on February 7, 2017 in a vote that will further strain the bonds of the United Kingdom. Scotland's nationalist government has said the vote will be one of the most significant in the devolved parliament's 18-year history. / AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFF