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But Scotland voted overwhelmingly against Brexit. They wanted to stay in the EU.

• blibble 10y ago
  and fewer Scots voted to remain in the EU than voted to remain in the UK in 2014, by about a quarter what's your point?
  • MagnumOpus 10y ago
    That MANY more Scots voted to leave the UK than voted to leave the EU. (Stupid stats manipulation cuts both ways, ya know?)
    • dogma1138 10y ago
      Voting to leave the UK would in effect mean also voting to leave the EU because the UK could've and rightfully so declared that Scotland needs to apply independently for membership, and if the UK really wanted to act like a twat they could also block Scotland's membership indefinitely.
      • st3v3r 10y ago
        Not anymore.
• edblarney 10y ago
  "But Scotland voted overwhelmingly against Brexit. They wanted to stay in the EU." I understand the naunces. I'm not making a point for or against. I'm pointing out the 'political optics' of it. Separatist parties are a strange beast. 100% of legislation has to be viewed under the eyes of separatism. All national legislation will be framed as 'oppressive' etc.. They poke, poke and poke until they find something that pisses people off. Then they run with it. It's almost funny because often, they look laughably hypocritical ... their strategy has to be aggressive, but most of the time they look ridiculous to all but the hardcore. In Canada, we had the 'block Quebecois' at the national level who are completely antagonist at the federal level. They yelled and screamed 'Quebec Quebec Quebec' at every single piece of legislation. Sometimes, there would be a kernel of truth, sometimes not. What happens is that people get tired of it.