The Scottish Politics thread

[mancity2012_eamo]

Like we'd do anything with it, it's more about the fish.

They’ll be back in the EU like us.
The Spanish will be fishing the waters by then.

 

[blueparrot]

The Tories won’t be in power by then.

Same applies whoever is in power, the UK wiil at some point realise the only workable answer to many problems is at a minimum single market agreement with the EU. Labour and the tories need to acknowledge that.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Oil and gas is so yesterday. It’s all about renewables you heathen.

So are you saying Rockall is green….

 

[aguero93:20]

They’ll be back in the EU like us.
The Spanish will be fishing the waters by then.

Possible.

 

[Saddleworth2]

So are you saying Rockall is green….

I imagine it’s, er, rocky. But rocky and windy. Windy is good.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

I imagine it’s, er, rocky. But rocky and windy. Windy is good.

Come on. You know it’s green. Just say it.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Come on. You know it’s green. Just say it.

Blue and white actually with a fuck you saltire painted right across its Sonsie face. ;-)

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Blue and white actually with a fuck you saltire painted right across its Sonsie face. ;-)

I had to look up ‘sonsie’ you cheeky scamp.

 

[Gabriel]

So, Truss literally did ignore Nicola Sturgeon. What an utter shambles of a democracy.

 

[Coatigan]

If there is a referendum prior to the next UK general election, I think it would be a shoo-in for independence. I think the only thing that would prevent a clear vote for independence would be a change from the UK being being a unitary state to becoming a federal state where each of the countries has control over a much wider range of powers. Key to this is that becoming a federal state would constitutionally prevent the federal government from arbitrarily withdrawing or changing any powers given to the individual countries based on the politics of the day. In that way Scotland (and Wales / NI) would effectively have its independence but would still be ultimately under UK sovereignty. I think that's the only way the UK can survive as a four nation country but even if that happened or was promised, the appalling way in which the country has been run in recent years would probably be enough to secure a vote for independence.

Sadly I think it's much more likely that Scotland will vote for full independence whenever it gets the chance and irrespective of who wins the next GE, and I also believe that longer term NI will unite with the republic - probably on a federal basis to appease the unionists.

I disagree. Not with anything you say as a principle as such, just with what I think/feel is the reality amongst the public.