> This whole thing has been a colossal fuckup which has permanently damaged the UK. For me that's the biggest take away from it; half of the scots voters said

> This whole thing has been a colossal fuckup which has permanently damaged the UK. For me that's the biggest take away from it; half of the scots voters said they wanted out of that union, which usually means "we don't feel that country represents us properly". Now, that's not irreparable and you have a perfect, even stronger example in recent times with Quebec and Canada. The solution was "simple"; listen to them and go their way, if only a little. Show them that you care about them being in. Laugh all you want about the French labels everywhere in Canada but they're basically Canada saying "ok Quebec, we need you, let's stay together". With that Brexit vote, the UK has thrown away one of the biggest thing scots were sure about; they wanted to be in the EU. Even if they manage to not lose them through independence, it has been marked in the sand that England decides and Scotland follows, even if they really don't want to. (I mean 68% for remain ? I'm not sure any other EU country would get that at the moment, maybe Germany)