She said her last resort was that they'd run in the next general election solely on independence and that the result of that would be a referendum in and of itself.
So that could be their last resort to just unilaterally declare independence, but it's not exactly clear.
Either way, they're going to spend the next 1 and a half years asking slightly less than nicely.
I think if a referendum is held it's probably almost guaranteed that Yes will win. The problem is actually holding the referendum. Yeah they could just do it unilaterally, but they don't want to end up like Catalonia, so first they're trying to find or invent a legal basis for holding one without Westminster's approval.
and the EU wants access to those resources, primarily North Sea oil. I imagine the SNP has some kind of backdoor deal with the EU to have Scotland as an EU member as soon as an independence referendum is passed.
Ehh, the EU is about as rules obsessed as any other neolib institute. It would still take them years to actually join the EU. But I'm sure some trade agreements would be set up relatively quickly.
She said her last resort was that they'd run in the next general election solely on independence and that the result of that would be a referendum in and of itself.
So that could be their last resort to just unilaterally declare independence, but it's not exactly clear.
Either way, they're going to spend the next 1 and a half years asking slightly less than nicely.
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Thatcher's pet project being taken by an independent Scotland and given to the fucking EU :agony-consuming: :ukkk:
:eu-cool: and all but probably better than :ukkk: for a lot of folks
I think if a referendum is held it's probably almost guaranteed that Yes will win. The problem is actually holding the referendum. Yeah they could just do it unilaterally, but they don't want to end up like Catalonia, so first they're trying to find or invent a legal basis for holding one without Westminster's approval.
Ehh, the EU is about as rules obsessed as any other neolib institute. It would still take them years to actually join the EU. But I'm sure some trade agreements would be set up relatively quickly.
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Depending on who's in power, Spain will block Scotland attempting to join the EU because they don't want to give Catalonia ideas.
Nah they said they wouldn't recently
well yeah because the socialists are in power
Does Scotland have its own Army?