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Not everyone in England wants to leave either. Not everyone in Scotland wants to stay.
by e2le 7y ago
Not everyone in England wants to leave either. Not everyone in Scotland wants to stay.
- mcv 7y agoPolitics is always a matter of compromise. Allow Scotland to stay while England leaves, and give everybody some time to move if they're unhappy with the direction of their country.
- me_me_me 7y agoHow would that even work? Individual country laws between England and Scotland couldn't clash with EU laws. That would then infringe on England's independence.
- NullPrefix 7y agoThree way merge? I've heard there are tools to help with this.
- mcv 7y agoI mean England gets to be as independent as they want, but so does Scotland.
- beojan 7y agoThis is a really bad idea. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India
- tom_mellior 7y agoIf "everyone" were the threshold we apply, politics could never get anything done. Scotland voted 62% remain, that is a pretty strong mandate for remaining. Stronger than the 51.9% leave vote for the UK overall.
- Lio 7y agoI think the point is that this wasn’t a representative vote done by area. “Scotland” didn’t vote anything. Voters in Scotland contributed to the overall result just like everyone one else. Bigger questions for me: Why such a small majority can bring in such a devastating change? Why are the wreckers allowed to have multiple attempts but those that are want to save UK’s current membership and sweetheart rebate deal one allowed one referendum where the details of the “deal” are not known?
- glaberficken 7y agoWith the added weight that Scotland voted in 2014 to remain in the UK. The 2014 referendum question was "Should Scotland be an independent country?" "No" had 55.3% of the votes (with a very high turnout of 84.6%)