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Will Scotland vote Leave ?
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Chae1
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Not really. I like him as a person and character.
I'm a bit of a blundering buffoon too.
holywell farmer
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I assume if Scotland do vote to leave they have to negotiate leaving the uk before they go independent?
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And build the wall .
holywell farmer
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I think the big trouble with a Scottish referendum on independence is it could be like Brexit again, let's say if Scotland votes to leave could it be challenged like remainers did with Brexit ?
What's the feeling of fishermen in Orkney? They seem to have been sold down the river by Brexit.
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They are mainly shellfish producers and seem to be selling stuff still, covid would have had a bigger impact i guess. Probably not their busiest time of year either. Our pal BoJo will get it all sorted!
Chae1
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Personally I would accept it and let them.get on with it.
Would probably benefit us as a small business and tenant farmers.
holywell farmer
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I assume uk parliament will get the final say. It ifs yes to leave ?
M-J-G
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I don't think that just applies to Scotland, I think NI would be dropped like a red hot coal given the chance, in fact one could be forgiven for thinking that Boris it treating NI like a young lad treats a girlfriend that he wishes would dump him just to save him having to end it with her.
Chae1
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I've no idea to be honest. Imagine they would be happy to get rid of us and watch the fall out.
We need a referendum urgently to decide one way or the other, but with two clear choices:
Should Scotland:
Leave the UK.
Remain in the UK.
But the SNP would not agree to that. They want the choice to be:
Should Scotland leave the UK:
Yes.
No.
That's because in any survey where the voters are evenly split, a ''Yes'' answer gets a significantly higher response than a 'No' answer.
If a referendum were to be held tomorrow with The ''Remain' or 'Leave options, my own expectation would be a 55:45 vote in favour of remain. The more affluent areas would see a far bigger ''Remain' result. The areas with more deprivation would probably be about 50:50.
Should Scotland:
Leave the UK.
Remain in the UK.
But the SNP would not agree to that. They want the choice to be:
Should Scotland leave the UK:
Yes.
No.
That's because in any survey where the voters are evenly split, a ''Yes'' answer gets a significantly higher response than a 'No' answer.
If a referendum were to be held tomorrow with The ''Remain' or 'Leave options, my own expectation would be a 55:45 vote in favour of remain. The more affluent areas would see a far bigger ''Remain' result. The areas with more deprivation would probably be about 50:50.
holywell farmer
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Scotland leaving the union won't be without complications
We dont even have our own currency, they better get some bank notes with wee nippy on them printed ASAP
M-J-G
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Of course not, the UK hasn't even properly left the EU yet and it's been 5 years.
Plenty folks would be willing to barter if you have a good bottle of Scotch.
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There was a country called Czechoslovakia. It was ruled over by the ussr. With the falling of the Berlin Wall Czechoslovakia was finally free again. But no, much to the astonishment of the Czechs, the Slovaks wanted to be their own little country rather than be a third of the bigger country. Now, Slovakia only has some 5 million, not much industry (it was all in the Czech part), no coast and basically just a load of mountains.
Anyway, split they did and all are hunky dory. If some little old commie countries can get around these issues and make it work, then surely the great might of the uk will make it a walk in the park?
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Probably right. The UK never liked the direction of travel of the Brussels brigade. I am disappointed others in Europe with influence don’t recognise the path down which Europe is headed one of control and policy centralised. For me personally this is not an advantageous development. I know of you look at the globe, the EU is way smaller than the USA, Australia, China and Asia but was this the thinking to be an equal and protective group? Is the world a better place for protectionism of markets? Protection from environmental issues is a valid view but for other things I’m not so sure. The world has created China not China itself, now the western world don’t like it, well we have ourselves to blame with this one.Yea, I think if the 27 countries in the Eu had had a vote regarding the uk, it would of been the same story
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I don’t think we have any Chinese sourced parts but maybe there are some. I’m not anti Chinese but they have become a hugely strong economy supplying the western world. How they have reneged on the Hong Kong situation illustrates their real culture sadly.