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I believed that the UK is better off as a united country. Not all that different from the logic for the UK staying in the EU: larger economic markets help every
by afavour 4y ago
I believed that the UK is better off as a united country. Not all that different from the logic for the UK staying in the EU: larger economic markets help everyone. A union of likeminded nations is better then isolation. I also have both English and Scottish relatives (one reason I consider myself a “Brit”) so you could say the concept plays into my self image.
> it was your position to have an opinion
I suppose I could have pretended that I didn’t have an opinion on it, but I did. The important part is that I didn’t have a vote so my opinion wasn’t anything other than my opinion.
- eyko 4y agoScotland can be independent _and_ be in the same economic market (ignoring UK and Spain willing to veto Scotland reentering EU out of spite / own political motives).
- ggm 4y agoSpain would have a different perspective post brexit: one in the eye for Gibraltar.
- happy_path 4y agoSpain will only veto Scotland if the independence is not agreed between the UK and Scotland (in the same spirit of Spain's opinion of Kosovo independence). Spain parliament is against unilateral declarations of independence.
- netsharc 4y ago> Spain parliament is against unilateral declarations of independence. For background, it's because the Spanish government is afraid that recognizing independence movements legitimizes the Catalonian independence movement in their own country.
- happy_path 4y agoIt's not only that. After the Civil War and Franco's regime, Spain's political tradition is to avoid conflict and wars at all cost.
- ericmay 4y ago> Spain parliament is against unilateral declarations of independence. Very convenient of them isn’t it?
- happy_path 4y agoAren't they allowed to have an opinion?
- WJW 4y agoHow would the UK veto an independent Scotland reentering the EU? They no longer have a vote to do so.