The First Minister has branded the Prime Minister "deeply irresponsible" after Theresa May attacked MPs for not supporting her Brexit deal.

Nicola Sturgeon accused May of wanting to "blame everybody but herself" as the PM arrived in Brussels for talks on extending Article 50 to briefly delay Brexit.

In an address from Downing Street on Wednesday night, May accused the House of Commons of doing "everything possible to avoid making a choice" on EU withdrawal.

She warned Parliament it is "now time for MPs to decide" and added in an appeal to the British public: "I am on your side."

Speaking at First Minister's Questions on Thursday, Sturgeon said she hopes that "in time" the Prime Minister would reflect on her remarks.

In an answer to Scottish Greens' co-convener Patrick Harvie, the First Minister also said it is "reasonable to wait" for the outcome of Brexit before laying out plans for a possible second independence referendum.

Harvie said: "Last night, in the midst a crisis of her own making, the Prime Minister again refused to listen to reason and instead effectively told the public that Parliament is their enemy.

"Scotland needs the freedom to take a different direction, leave behind this chaos and find our own way out of the crisis. It's why we need our independence.

"The First Minister told us that she would say something about her preferred timing within weeks. That was two months ago. So can I ask again: when?"

Sturgeon replied: "The Prime Minister's comments last night were deeply irresponsible and I hope that in time she will reflect on that.

"But her comments also failed to accept any of the responsibility she bears for the mess that the UK is in right now.

"She wanted to blame everybody except herself and yet I think most people know that it was the Prime Minister who triggered Article 50 without a plan."

She continued: "It was the Prime Minister who drew self-defeating, contradictory red lines that boxed her in from the start.

"It was the Prime Minister who called an unnecessary general election, who delayed the first vote on her deal in an attempt to run down the clock.

"It was the Prime Minister who failed to listen and change course after the first defeat of her deal, and then again after the second."

On independence, the FM told Harvie: "I said I'd wait until the end of this phase of the Brexit negotiations before setting out my views on the way forward for Scotland.

"Having done so for this long I think it is reasonable to wait to see what clarity emerges in the next few days, even if I suspect that will just be clarity that there will be no clarity, and then I will set out my views on the path forward."

She added: "No one can be in any doubt that change is needed."