EU referendum: Scotland backs Remain as UK votes Leave

BBC ^ | 24 June 2016 | BBC

[Cronos]

Scotland has voted in favour of the UK staying in the EU by 62% to 38% - with all 32 council areas backing Remain.

But the UK as a whole has voted to Leave - raising the prospect of Scotland being taken out of the EU against its will.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland had delivered a "strong, unequivocal vote" to remain in the EU. ..Ms Sturgeon's predecessor, Alex Salmond, said the result could lead to a second independence referendum.

Ms Sturgeon said the vote had made clear "that the people of Scotland see their future as part of the European Union". She added: "We await the final UK-wide result, but Scotland has spoken - and spoken decisively."

...This is exactly the scenario the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon envisaged when she said that if Scotland is "dragged out of the EU against its will" that could trigger a second referendum on Scottish independence.

..Spokesman John Edward, said: "We are proud that every single local authority area in Scotland voted Remain with an overall lead of 24 points over Leave - that clearly stands out as an exceptional result compared to the rest of the UK.

[Cronos]

I'm pretty sure this means the break-up of England and Scotland.

[Da_Shrimp]

Quite possibly.

[Nacho Bidnith]

I'm pretty sure this means the break-up of England and Scotland.

I'm pretty sure England will be the better for it if so.

[Cronos]

This interactive map of the polling results

Shows that the following areas voted for Remain:

• London and the south
• Scotland
• the more Welsh-speaking parts of Wales
• the southern (more Republic of Ireland friendly) part of N.Ireland
• Gibraltar
• Shetland and Orkney

What the results mean is

• London will have a massive loss of financial services jobs to the continent
• Scotland will gleefully demand a second referendum and win independence
• May be the Welsh will ask for one as well
• Northern Ireland will break-up, with the parts bordering the Republic of Ireland joining the RoI
• Gibraltar will be blokaded by the Spanish and will probably get impoverished

[SteveH]

gibraltar blockaded? huh?

what about the cruise ships?!?

:-)

[BloodScarletMinnesota]

I don't see why Scotland would or even could legally secede from the UK right now unless they threaten violence against the Crown.
They just voted on this not long ago, I seriously doubt Scotland Labour wants all their gimmegrants to be cut off from all subsidies from Tory-governed London.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Historical clan map of medieval Scotland
http://m.imgur.com/gzQCeTg?r

[Haiku Guy]

Scotland does not want to have to pay its own bills.

[Trump20162020]

Scotland is the most liberal, ‘cucked’ part of the entire UK.

[Helicondelta]

“I’m pretty sure this means the break-up of England and Scotland.”

Bingo. The UK will break up. And Germany has finally taken over Europe.

[Helicondelta]

“Scotland does not want to have to pay its own bills.”.

Don’t they have huge oil reserves?

[Cowboy Bob]

The Scottish are used to handouts. They don’t want to work. They think that by staying in the EU, the rest of Europe will subsidize their lifestyle.

[chopperman]

They’ll change their mind when the Muzzies get dumped on them.

[jpsb]

I would not bet on that. Last time Scotland voted to stay in the UK by a very large margin. Plus by the time another referendum on Scotland leaving comes around there might not be an EU to join. The UK leaving the EU could very well mean the end of the EU.

[BloodScarletMinnesota]

The Scotland thing is just the Left wing propaganda machine going into overdrive that a horrible unaccountable extremely expensive bureaucracy that the British people have no say in was rejected.
For the Left and their grifters, this is somewhat of a setback.

[dp0622]

FREEDOM!!!!!!

No wait, not for Scotland. They decided to stay in that one world mess.

[jpsb]

OK, that makes sense.

[Mr Radical]

I’ve not seen this analysis anywhere else yet.

If you take Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland out of the count, then the result for England alone is:
Remain 53.4 %
Leave 46.6 %

[Mr Radical]

It is being reported that there are idiots up there ready to greet Trump with Mexican flags when he arrives at his golf course!

(I think he would have been better staying home IMHO.)

[Mr Radical]

In my excitement I posted the figures the wrong way around!
That should have been
Leave 53.4 %
Remain 46.6 %