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Didn't the UK made a rather unprecedented move of lowkey changing some Scottish sea-border since to get some potential gas fields on the english side?
by modo_mario 4y ago
Didn't the UK made a rather unprecedented move of lowkey changing some Scottish sea-border since to get some potential gas fields on the english side?
- brigandish 4y agoIn 1999. You can read a pro-independence argument on that here[1], as you can tell from this quote: > In 1999 Tony Blair, abetted by the Scottish traitor Donald Dewar, redrew the existing English/Scottish maritime boundary to annex 6,000 square miles of Scottish waters to England, including the Argyll field and six other major oilfields. The idea was specifically to disadvantage Scotland’s case for independence. Whether you think he makes his case or not, it's been a while and it didn't stop the first referendum. [1] https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2012/01/scotlandengland-maritime-boundaries/ https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2012/01/scotlandengl...