Posted on 06/25/2016 9:20:37 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
I believe that the currency issue did more than anything to deliver the late swing to No in the last referendum. The question of the choice between the pound, euro or a currency of Scotland’s own was never clarified, and that was fatal to the cause of independence in 2014. Unless the issue is resolved before another referendum I strongly suspect that this issue might again be fatal to the cause of Scottish independence.
There are only four options. They are the pound, the euro, the US dollar or Scotland’s own currency.
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Are you for rial? Shekel you facts again.
CC
And you think the EU will allow an independent Scotland to get an exemption from the euro?
Or the EU refugee quota? Scotexit is not happening. No way they are trading London for Berlin.
I vote the Chaotic Neutral option... LOL ...jk
They chose to stay with Britain and aren't going to choose the EU over them.
How the socialistdollar?
Rumble for a ruble.............
“Trump coin?”
Not a bad idea! A Trump coin I mean. I hope Trump sees this as a good fund raising tool. I would pay a premium for a set of coins, one in either gold or silver with a “Trump for President 2016” and a second coin with “Clinton for Supermax 2016”.
The Clinton coin would be made of lead.
Nor can it stop those who DO control their currency from printing money at will.
The Zloty! Just cuz it sounds funny!
Imagine Scotland demanding its independence from the UK to become dependent on the EU.
“Scotland can have a second referendum, but it must decide on a currency first”
The Chav ?
Eh, wot?
The Haggis
In order to become part of the Eurozone (those nations in the EU that use the euro), you must go through a series of processes before you are allowed full involvement and participation.
(For example, a member must spend 2 years in the ERM2 process.)
Some countries still use the euro, and Scotland could do so immediately upon independence, but they are not part of the Eurozone. Both the U.K. and Denmark are exempt from moving toward the euro based on the treaties that brought them into the EU.
Sounds like a very simple question. My answer is no, Northern Ireland should not become part of the Republic of Ireland.
I do not believe that Northern Ireland would surrender self rule to sit at the kid's table under Brussels (well, more accurately Berlin) and Dublin.
If the goal was reunification, I think the only way to start that would be to withdraw the Republic of Ireland from the EU, Northern Ireland withdraws from the UK, and both the governments of Belfast and Dublin are cast aside for a new assembly. As it would take generations to restore Ulster into a singular political entity again, you're almost required to make a confederation of states based upon counties, fully understanding that the block of 6 will vote as one to start with.
Would the people of Dublin surrender their privileged position to accept, say, the representative from Kilkenny to have an equal voice? Difficult to predict with such fragmented politics, but if they could manage, then reunification might just work.
So could they? I do not believe it is possible for reunification without a complete re-work of every level of government and vast ceding of power by both Belfast and Dublin, as well as a rejection of the EU and the UK.
Absolutely correct. The premise is laughable. Britain was given an exemption from the Euro because its economy is one of the largest in the world. The only reason Scotland would even be floated the idea of its own currency (or currency preference) would be to entice them embarrass the rest of the UK with a Leave (UK) vote. The offer could never be serious without every debtor country in Europe demanding the same.
Not happening. If tomorrow they held a referendum on Scotland leaving, and miracles happened, and everything transitioned almost overnight, I can not count enough members of the EU who would approve Scotland joining the EU.
Northern Ireland would have a better chance, but even then, I think them a few votes short.
10, maybe 15 years of independent rule, Scotland might have cleaned up enough to make it possible. I don't see it lasting that long, they'd likely vote for reunification before joining the EU.
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