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EU referendum: Scotland backs Remain as UK votes Leave
BBC ^ | 24 June 2016 | BBC

Posted on 06/23/2016 11:35:12 PM PDT by Cronos

Scotland has voted in favour of the UK staying in the EU by 62% to 38% - with all 32 council areas backing Remain.

But the UK as a whole has voted to Leave - raising the prospect of Scotland being taken out of the EU against its will.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland had delivered a "strong, unequivocal vote" to remain in the EU. ..Ms Sturgeon's predecessor, Alex Salmond, said the result could lead to a second independence referendum.

Ms Sturgeon said the vote had made clear "that the people of Scotland see their future as part of the European Union". She added: "We await the final UK-wide result, but Scotland has spoken - and spoken decisively."

...This is exactly the scenario the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon envisaged when she said that if Scotland is "dragged out of the EU against its will" that could trigger a second referendum on Scottish independence.

..Spokesman John Edward, said: "We are proud that every single local authority area in Scotland voted Remain with an overall lead of 24 points over Leave - that clearly stands out as an exceptional result compared to the rest of the UK.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brexit; brixit; england; europe; europeanunion; nato; nicolasturgeon; scotland; scotlandyet; snp; unitedkingdom
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I'm pretty sure this means the break-up of England and Scotland.
1 posted on 06/23/2016 11:35:13 PM PDT by Cronos
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Quite possibly.


2 posted on 06/23/2016 11:39:29 PM PDT by Da_Shrimp
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I'm pretty sure this means the break-up of England and Scotland.

I'm pretty sure England will be the better for it if so.

3 posted on 06/23/2016 11:39:40 PM PDT by Nacho Bidnith (America is a country founded by geniuses and run by idiots. Trump 2016)
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To: Cronos
This interactive map of the polling results

Shows that the following areas voted for Remain:

What the results mean is


4 posted on 06/23/2016 11:41:07 PM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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gibraltar blockaded? huh?

what about the cruise ships?!?

:-)


5 posted on 06/23/2016 11:45:15 PM PDT by SteveH
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I don't see why Scotland would or even could legally secede from the UK right now unless they threaten violence against the Crown.
They just voted on this not long ago, I seriously doubt Scotland Labour wants all their gimmegrants to be cut off from all subsidies from Tory-governed London.
6 posted on 06/23/2016 11:45:22 PM PDT by BloodScarletMinnesota
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Historical clan map of medieval Scotland
http://m.imgur.com/gzQCeTg?r


7 posted on 06/23/2016 11:47:26 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Scotland does not want to have to pay its own bills.


8 posted on 06/23/2016 11:50:27 PM PDT by Haiku Guy (New York Senator Kristin Gillibrand will be the next President of the United States)
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Scotland is the most liberal, ‘cucked’ part of the entire UK.


9 posted on 06/23/2016 11:55:33 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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“I’m pretty sure this means the break-up of England and Scotland.”

Bingo. The UK will break up. And Germany has finally taken over Europe.


10 posted on 06/24/2016 12:11:36 AM PDT by Helicondelta
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“Scotland does not want to have to pay its own bills.”.

Don’t they have huge oil reserves?


11 posted on 06/24/2016 12:21:47 AM PDT by Helicondelta
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The Scottish are used to handouts. They don’t want to work. They think that by staying in the EU, the rest of Europe will subsidize their lifestyle.


12 posted on 06/24/2016 12:26:28 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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They’ll change their mind when the Muzzies get dumped on them.


13 posted on 06/24/2016 12:35:04 AM PDT by chopperman
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I would not bet on that. Last time Scotland voted to stay in the UK by a very large margin. Plus by the time another referendum on Scotland leaving comes around there might not be an EU to join. The UK leaving the EU could very well mean the end of the EU.
14 posted on 06/24/2016 12:45:59 AM PDT by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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The Scotland thing is just the Left wing propaganda machine going into overdrive that a horrible unaccountable extremely expensive bureaucracy that the British people have no say in was rejected.
For the Left and their grifters, this is somewhat of a setback.
15 posted on 06/24/2016 1:01:37 AM PDT by BloodScarletMinnesota
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FREEDOM!!!!!!

No wait, not for Scotland. They decided to stay in that one world mess.


16 posted on 06/24/2016 1:06:34 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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OK, that makes sense.


17 posted on 06/24/2016 1:07:50 AM PDT by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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I’ve not seen this analysis anywhere else yet.

If you take Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland out of the count, then the result for England alone is:
Remain 53.4 %
Leave 46.6 %


18 posted on 06/24/2016 1:43:56 AM PDT by Mr Radical
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To: Trump20162020

It is being reported that there are idiots up there ready to greet Trump with Mexican flags when he arrives at his golf course!

(I think he would have been better staying home IMHO.)


19 posted on 06/24/2016 1:46:48 AM PDT by Mr Radical
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In my excitement I posted the figures the wrong way around!
That should have been
Leave 53.4 %
Remain 46.6 %


20 posted on 06/24/2016 2:38:45 AM PDT by Mr Radical
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