The ramifications of Brexit reverberate back to Westminster. A model for US states to consider?

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[–] 1 point 2 days ago (10 children)

Scotland voted to remain not too long ago. I believe they should give it a few more years before revisiting that question. Northern Ireland may indeed rejoin the Republic at some point in the future, if current trends continue. However, it will likely still take time for the apparent majority to emerge there. My personal guess is that I might see a united Ireland but my children will most likely see it within their lifetimes. Wales? Well, it's Wales and therefore it's full of English people to begin with, so...

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  • [–] 17 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    Scotland voted remain after being threatened to be blocked from entering the EU by England. And then England stabbed Scotland on the back with the Brexit.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    While true, there's no way Scotland would get into the EU any time soon as an independent country. It would be a drawn out process and some member country would inevitably disagree for some reason or another.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    This was a common part of the propaganda against independence at the time but for every article claiming Spain would block it, there was another article saying that Spain wouldn't block it. I don't think it makes much sense for Scotland to join the EU given the only country we have a land border with wouldn't be in the EU, so border checks would be necessary which would be unpopular on both sides.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    Scotland voted to remain not too long ago. I believe they should give it a few more years

    Yeah. Let's just wait til we're really in the shit and the UK government has trashed everything good about our country, THEN have a referendum. Awesome plan.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    I love that your username would mean very little to anyone who didn't understand Scottish slang.

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