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| Brexit chaos means ‘Scots are ready to leave the UK' |
| 2019-01-18 |
| [The Scotsman] Nicola Sturgeon has issued a rallying call to Scottish independence supporters to "get out there and make the case" as she told MSPs the Brexit turmoil now means Scots are ready to leave the UK. The First Minister reiterated her promise to reveal plans for a second independence referendum in a "matter of weeks", regardless of what happens with the Brexit process. She insisted Scots needed an alternative to the chaos engulfing Westminster politics after Theresa May’s EU withdrawal deal was overwhelmingly rejected by the Commons and given the absence of a clear way forward. The First Minister met Mrs May on Wednesday following the historic Commons defeat of the Prime Minister’s deal on Tuesday. Afterwards, Ms Sturgeon said she would announce the timing of a second independence vote "within weeks". "I think the Prime Minister is very well aware of my views on independence, I support independence and I think the sooner Scotland is independent the better for all of us," the First Minister told MSPs at Holyrood yesterday. "I think it is essential, given the catastrophe that Scotland faces ‐ to our economy, to our society, to living standards, to prospects for the next generation, to our reputation in the world ‐ that the option of independence must be open to people in Scotland. "When people in Scotland have the ability to choose independence, I believe that the country will opt to be an independent country." She will set out her proposals on the timing of a second Scottish referendum in coming weeks, regardless of any delay to the Brexit process. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 The North Sea Oil Fields peaked production in 1999 and only "improved efficiencies" as well as adding a few fields on the periphery have slowed the decline in production. That source of revenue the Scotland Will Be Free™ is depending on for a secure/sustainable revenue source? |
| Posted by: magpie 2019-01-18 12:35 |
| #5 OH I'd love it. Scottish independence (I call it New Darien, or Venezuela sans solaire) is more popular in England than Scotland. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-01-18 12:34 |
| #4 Excellent - without SNP support the Labor party will never have a majority in England again. And Scotland can enjoy paying social benefits without the largesse of the south covering the tab. |
| Posted by: Hupoluting Squank3416 2019-01-18 12:09 |
| #3 Scotland should be able to stand on their own. An entire nation sucking on the English teet for so long is pretty sad. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-01-18 11:07 |
| #2 London is a distant and remote and unnacountable. Scotland needs to be ruled by more distant and more remote and more unnacountable brussels. Because of the "chaos" of MPs trying not to do what their employers have instructed to do. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-01-18 06:02 |
| #1 A separatist fantasy. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-01-18 02:33 |