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It's one thing to push for independence itself to gain full sovereignty, though with the implication they'd join the EU right away they wouldn't have it for lon
by tick_tock_tick 4y ago
It's one thing to push for independence itself to gain full sovereignty, though with the implication they'd join the EU right away they wouldn't have it for long, but don't pretend like it's somehow going to make Scotland "better".
- Dobbs 4y agoBut Scotland (and the rest of the UK) were better before leaving the EU. On the whole Scotish voters didn't want to leave the EU, to the point that it was one of the primary arguments that Boris used in the independence referendum, that if they left the UK they wouldn't necessarily have EU membership any more. Well they lost it anyways, so why shouldn't they chart their own path back? I really hate the word sovereignty beign thrown around because in and of itself it doesn't mean anything. At least not in the way that Brexitiers use it.
- xxs 4y agoThey'd have a lot higher degree of freedom in the EU, compared the to the UK where their votes barely count for anything as witnessed by the Brexit and any other general poll.
- mvc 4y ago> don't pretend like it's somehow going to make Scotland "better". Isn't that the essence of politics? You're basically trying to convince people that the system would be "better" if things were run the way you proscribe vs someone else. Of course different people have different preferences so it's likely some will perceive it as "better" and others will perceive it as "worse".
- Doctor_Fegg 4y agoFor a very large percentage of voters, "no Tory government ever again" automatically equates to "better". You might not agree but you can surely see the logic.