Posted on 06/24/2016 7:53:23 AM PDT by Helicondelta
Scotland's government began moves Friday to hold a new referendum on independence from the U.K. after the "Brexit" vote, saying it faced being taken out of the European Union against its will.
Scots voted by 62 percent to 38 percent to remain in the EU, according to Friday's results, in contrast to the overall U.K.-wide result of 52 percent to 48 percent in favor of quitting the bloc.
A majority of voters in Northern Ireland also voted to remain in the EU, suggesting the U.K. faces internal constitutional upheaval as well as a contentious divorce from Brussels.
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How many terrorist attacks has Belgium and France had? I think that says something about the situation.
Scotland would be totally screwed for real this time if they achieve “independence” now that the UK has left the EU: Spain has already said they’d blackball an independent Scotland from entering the EU, and it takes a unanimous vote to admit a new member.
The UK would be better politically if Scotland left. It would be like if the left coast succeeded. Not a bad thing. However nearly 40% of Scots did vote to remain so its not as clear as some would make out. Not all Scots are teat suckers.
If Scotland leaves the UK, can the British military abandon the ridiculous bagpipes?
Scotland has a lot of sheep. The EU has a lot of new Muslims. Maybe Scotland is looking at boosting the trade in mail-order-brides.
Scottish Nationalist Party, the same communists who tried and failed to keep Maggie from deploying Reagan’s Perhsing missiles in Scotland, which led the fall of the Berlin Wall.
They never stop coming at you, the Left.
Tell me about it, my mother was born in Scotland, Glasgow, and her father, my Grandfather, was a tough old bastard who fought in WW1 when he was only 16, who was ultra nationalistic who hated the fact that the Pakistanis or “Pakis” were coming into the country. Today he would go absolutely nuts if he saw what the hell was going on.
He died in 1983, and I still have his pipes. He played bagpipes in the Queens own Cameron Highlanders as a pipe Major, they would literally blow up the bagpipes and scream them out while going into battle, try to envision that scenario. John Lumsden was his name. He use to mock me when I was a teen “When I was your age I was dodging bullets” ha ha. I still got all his medals, his pipes and even his shaving blade. And if that ain’t crazy enough, even the handmade reeds that he used for the pipes, some not even finished, 100 years old!
My mom who is 77 this year can’t listen to pipes because she breaks down, and I have to admit I do to...........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3brcVr3vgY
If Scotland wants independence why the hell did they vote against Brexit??? I DO NOT understand why anyone would WANT to stay in EU only to support the countries that collect over burdensome benefits, France, Greece, I just don’t get it!!!!
One theory is it is so infested now with foreigners that true Scots no longer have a voice.
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