Breaking: Polling expert Sir John Curtice has argued that another independence referendum WILL happen - because "the Union is in trouble".
'Making the case for the Union means explaining why Brexit is to Scotland's advantage. Good luck with that!’ he said. #youyesyet#scottishindependence
@Funwithphotos EU would - will, most likely - fall over backwards to accommodate Scotland, both for economic reasons and to spite the British for Brexit.
I'm certain a lot of EU member states can agree on that. It'd be very, very popular.
@Laird_Dave I think the easiest way to connect Scotland to the EU by rail is via Ireland.
It'd be greatly simplified if there only was one Ireland, too.
But Stavanger to Wick/Peterhead would work :)
(Add a tunnel Kristiansand - Aalborg and now we're talking.)
@Funwithphotos Interesting, but the question ‘if we are not ‘allowed’ a referendum what process can be used by Scotland to dissolve the union?’ should have been repeatedly asked of Westminster and Westminster parties by SNP, Greens, Indy groups, etc, unrelentingly for the last 5 years.
@Indyposterboy@Funwithphotos Indeed, the questions which should be asked repeatedly of the WM govt are.
1 Is the Union voluntary ?
2 Is Scotland free to leave the union ?
3 How can Scotland leave ?
@Indyposterboy@Funwithphotos does it come down to diplomatic relationships with countries that might agree to recognise a hypothetical independent Scotland, so that it becomes increasingly hard to refuse? I doubt the eu will help because Spain will block any support.
@sophiarose@Indyposterboy@Funwithphotos Spain explicitly said it would not block Scottish EU membership. It had reservations about a region of an EU member state seceding, but since the UK Brexited that objection no longer applies.
@sophiarose I'm pretty sure Spain and France both would overcome these concerns (and argue that, technically, Scotland is it's own country after all, the UK kept insisting, they'd just switch the supranational entity they're part of, no relation to anything else, really) because it would piss of, well, the UK/the British.
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