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Old 20-03-2017, 00:51   #2768
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Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
May's position at least has the merit of being accurate. The result of the referendum was that, by majority, the U.K. voted to leave the EU.

Sturgeon's misrepresentation of the truth is that, first, Scotland didn't vote to leave (whereas Scotland wasn't even on the ballot paper - even in Scotland, we were asked whether the UK should leave, not whether Scotland should leave) and, second, there being a majority for remain within Scotland, she seeks to portray it as a block vote - which,of course, it wasn't; my vote, and more than a million others, contributed to the only total that matters, which is the one for the whole UK.
Scotland has a considerable degree of autonomy from England. Nicola Sturgeon warned that if Scotland voted to remain in the EU and the UK left the EU then this would trigger a referendum. She cut the data that way, whether we like it or not.
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