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Talking about the IRA and Scottish nationalism in the same breath is pretty extreme. I don't think we've had anything remotely similar to the IRA in Scotland si
by smcl 10y ago
Talking about the IRA and Scottish nationalism in the same breath is pretty extreme. I don't think we've had anything remotely similar to the IRA in Scotland since the times of Bonnie Prince Charlie (1700s)
- madaxe_again 10y agoNo, but are all Scots going to sit still while they are dragged down a path the large majority do not want? Seccessionist violence blooms surprisingly quickly - see the breakup of yugoslavia.
- panglott 10y agoThere's no indication that secessionist violence is at all warranted. There was a whole referendum on independence 2 years ago...does anybody think that that if Scotland had voted "Leave", the referendum would have been ignored and secession thwarted? Let Scotland hold another referendum before talking about the possibility of separatist violence.
- madaxe_again 10y agoThey've already said they're not giving Scotland another referendum.
- smcl 10y agoWho are "they"? The two major parties in Westminster are too busy imploding right now, so I'm genuinely curious what you're referring to.