Poll puts support for Scottish independence at 59%

scotsman.com ^ | June 26, 2016 | scotsman

[catnipman]

So at least six out of ten scots are fools, because spain has already said they’d blackball the entry of an independent scotland into the EU. the last thing EU needs is a socialist “nation” that’s been living off of the rest of the UK to enter the EU with an economic position 50 times worse than Greece. An “independent” scotland would be an instant pauper nation with its begging bowl out to all other nations.

[catnipman]

“You and I must be the only people on FR who enjoy the cold.”

add me to the cold list.

[OldNewYork]

Good analogy. I think there was a clause in the last referendum where Britain’s recent successful vote to exit qualifies as enough of a material change in circumstances justifying Scotland to have another referendum.

[cynwoody]

That there wall is not up to Chinese standards!

Not height. Not width. And certainly not length!

[Madame Dufarge]

I'm sitting in Maine right now with my AC set on "February in Maine."

Just about right..:-)

[Kozak]

Uh, the state legislatures, the elected representatives of the people voted for secesion...

[Iron Munro]

Name just one loser of an election, a referendum, a war, a boxing match, a sports game or any other kind of contest who wouldn’t cry for a re-do if they thought it would work.

[Timocrat]

So at least six out of ten scots are fools, because spain has already said they’d blackball the entry of an independent scotland into the EU

The EU would never let Scotland in, there are too many regional areas that would also want to seccede from their parent nations. The catalans, the basques, the northern Italians etc etc.

Scotland and Northern ireland are heavily subsidized by England and Wales who would be delighted to cast off those millstones around their economic necks.

The Scotsmans finest prospect is still the high road to England.

[Resettozero]

Uh, the state legislatures, the elected representatives of the people voted for secesion...

And uh, there was no WofNA following those votes? But, uh, you must have missed the point of my too-subtle-for-you-to-grasp post that there will be repercussions for the BREXIT vote, just as there will be when DJT is elected here. Bring on the repercussions.

[Pelham]

I like cool weather. Which fails to explain why I live in the coastal desert of Southern California.