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I would have put good money on Scotland leaving the UK and remaining in the EU right after Brexit.
Yeah unfortunately that are locked in by the same logic.
The only thing more stupid then leaving your largest trading partner. Is being a smaller country and leaving your largest trading partner.
The UK as a whole is as if not more important to Scotland then the EU. And now we have been dumb enough to leave the EU. It's a fucking nightmare for Scotland both ways.
It's a bit of a catch-22 in which good and bad circumstances both make people hesitant to upset the apple cart. Economy is bad? Seems dangerous to put barriers up with our primary trading partners (the rest of the UK). Economy is good? Well then let's stay and take advantage of it
To be clear I do think it'd work out better in the long run, particularly in terms of democratic representation because FPTP is fucked and not going to go away easily. I get why people are reticent though
Me too Maestro, me too. Not too late yet, but no clear route either sadly
I would have put good money on Scotland, Northern Ireland, ~~and Wales~~ leaving the UK and remaining the the EU.
Wales voted for brexit
I was wondering that while I was writing it, figured I'd be corrected ;-)