The ramifications of Brexit reverberate back to Westminster. A model for US states to consider?

  • bufalo1973@piefed.social
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    7 days ago

    Scotland voted remain after being threatened to be blocked from entering the EU by England. And then England stabbed Scotland on the back with the Brexit.

    • jjpamsterdam@feddit.org
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      7 days ago

      While true, there’s no way Scotland would get into the EU any time soon as an independent country. It would be a drawn out process and some member country would inevitably disagree for some reason or another.

      • Mantzy81@aussie.zone
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        Even if not immediately, “slow” is still better than “never” , which is current plan being championed by England at the moment.

      • Piatro@programming.dev
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        This was a common part of the propaganda against independence at the time but for every article claiming Spain would block it, there was another article saying that Spain wouldn’t block it. I don’t think it makes much sense for Scotland to join the EU given the only country we have a land border with wouldn’t be in the EU, so border checks would be necessary which would be unpopular on both sides.