In my opinion the Scottish referendum can be held based on changed circumstances - since during the referendum in 2014 one of the key planks was "if you leave the UK, you leave the EU and won't get membership that easily" - that's changed.
however the referendum should be clearly done, unlike the Brexit 2016 referendum. It should only be done after getting assurances that Scotland will get entry into the EU (which means a vote among the 27 remaining EU states to accept Scotland)
it should be, imho:
Knowing that 60% of Scottish economy is tied to the rest of the UK, do you want to:
1. Remain in a union with England, Wales and Northern Ireland? With exactly the same conditions as today? OR 2. Leave the UK and take membership with the EU (the 27 EU countries having already passed a resolution accepting Scottish partnership
It should also, imho have a double threshold: More than 60% of those voting should vote to leave the UK AND More than 40% of the total electorate (voted/didn't vote) should vote leave.
Also it should be kept purely for people who have resided in Scotland for at least 3 or 5 years prior to the vote
That should make the decision unambiguous
First Scotland, then London, then Wales.
At some point shortly after the referendum on BREXIT occurred, the Scottish leadership (Sturgeon and company) made the public statement that they would go and exit the UK, and continue on as ‘inside’ the EU. The EU leadership came out and said in a blunt way that entry wasn’t guaranteed, and suggested that even if the application came....it might take years before the entry was approved. So the Scots would be outside of the EU, and outside of the UK, and basically on their own.
I should point out as well...if you open up the map results of the past referendum, there’s several ‘counties’ of Scotland that voted heavily to leave. If Scotland did hold a exit vote and they voted to remain, it’s possible that those heavy-BREXIT-regions would counter with a ballot to exit Scotland. So on a map....Scotland might lose a third of their territory.
2 Qs
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if Scotland goes independent,
what will the union flag change to?
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if Wales goes independent,
how many nuclear weapons do they get?
Right result, wrong reason.
Scotland has gone completely , wanky socialist.
There won’t be a second Scottish referendum. The SNP and Greens on on track to lose their majority in the Scottish Parliament next election. They will still form a minority government but will be outnumbered the the three Unionist parties Labour, Liberal Democrats, and the Conservatives.
The Unionist parties don’t agree on much, but will vote against any referendum bill.
Sturgeon is running out of time, and she knows it.
I had two female employees who were Scots.
Jane and Angela. Jane was from Edinburgh and Angela was from Glasgow. The difference in their accents was so pronounced, I wondered how they could even understand each other. You’d think the two cities were separated by an ocean.
So Scotland wants independence from the UK while remaining an indentured servant to the EU...
SNORT.
I like smoked Sturgeon.
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If there were another referendum and 'Leave the Union' were to win, the subsequent debate about what follows would be as divisive in Scotland as Brexit has been in the UK, with the nature of the constitution of an independent Scotland, and especially the retention or not of the monarchy, up for grabs. Scotland has both more ardent royalists and more ardent republicans than anywhere in the UK.
Give me a break.
What about an Independent Scotland?
Do you think the Thirteen Colonies should have voted to remain under George?