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Originally Posted by Mr K
Brexit is certainly not a 'little thing'. It's massive and Scotland didn't vote for it.
If you believe in democracy what's wrong with letting them have a vote? They might well vote to remain inspite of Brexit. Only reason to object, is if you thing they might vote a way you don't want. However it's up to the Scottish people, not us. They voted to Remain and they voted for the SNP.
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It was a UK vote and the UK decided to abandon this bureaucratic nightmare of an institution. Just how far do you take this argument? Should one hamlet that voted to remain be allowed to remain? Of course not. You always look at the whole vote, not just parts of it - that's how it works.
Scotland has devolved powers that are quite generous, but that country should not be permitted to lord it over the rest of us and hold us to ransom every time something happens that they don't like.
This whole thing is both the result of an SNP obsession and the need to divert attention from just how badly they are running things in Scotland. An independent Scotland governed by the left wing SNP would be an absolute disaster for that country. Their policies would create more unemployment and investors would be discouraged from doing business in Scotland. I trust they don't expect what remains of the UK to bail them out if they get their way and then fall flat on their faces. The leadership of the SNP are probably working out their 'entitlement' to our foreign aid budget as we speak. The sooner we reduce funding in that department, the better!
If the Scots get taken in by the SNP's arguments, they will soon encounter austerity, the like of which has not been visited on those shores in modern times. Fortunately, I think most Scots are much too canny to fall for the fairy tales spouted by Sturgeon, Salmond and their fanatical friends.