poprock wrote:I can do it in three: Escaping Tory rule.
poprock wrote:I can do it in three: Escaping Tory rule.
cockbeard wrote:But once again, that was made very clear 2.5 years ago when that referendum happened. What is different?
That said any chance I could find at reversing Brexit I'd jump at, I think Brexit could work (if it had to), but not with the fucking idiots we have in charge of the country
cockbeard wrote:The brexit referendum happened, Sturgeon pressed for IndyRef2, it didn't happen, I might have missed something
poprock wrote:cockbeard wrote:The brexit referendum happened, Sturgeon pressed for IndyRef2, it didn't happen, I might have missed something
Aye, sort of. It’s actually the Government in Westminster who have missed something.
Sturgeon applied to Westminster for a second referendum in March 2017, based on Brexit being a clusterfuck we want no part of. Westminster have not replied. At all.
Which is now seen as bolstering Scotland’s chances of a legal approach, using the courts to force GovUK to respond.
poprock wrote:I’m very unclear on the legal stuff, maybe Gonz can help there. I think there’s something about Scots law being the OG legal system so it can kick English law to the kerb. On some matters, anyway.
Paul the sparky wrote:Aye, I think they tested that out with Bohnson and the prorogation shit.
EvilRedEye wrote:Err, yeah, if Scotland breaks off and rejoins the EU I don't think you guys will need to worry about not having enough immigrants for quite a while.
HawBawJaws wrote:Back to the op, not seeing the bonus of being independent, here's a few: As mentioned,
getting away from the tories. But more than that, actually getting the government we vote for
HawBawJaws wrote:Control over our own finances etc, remember that Scottish exports are attributed to the UK as a whole, we'd get that back
HawBawJaws wrote:Hopefully getting shot of trident
HawBawJaws wrote:Not being lumbered with debt for things that don't directly benefit us (hs2, that recent airport expansion)
HawBawJaws wrote:Being able to control our own borders - we actually need more immigration in Scotland, not less, like the rUK seems to think, There's more of course, but I'm fucked today and riding a massive slump of depression, so that's all my brain can come up with just now.
HawBawJaws wrote:EvilRedEye wrote:Err, yeah, if Scotland breaks off and rejoins the EU I don't think you guys will need to worry about not having enough immigrants for quite a while.
Hahe, aye, English and Welsh ones most likely.
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