When your in Wales it the same as being in Scotland! A place that is quite low on Westminster's priority's
Then surely a post Brexit indy ref that voted to stay part of the union would truly put the matter to bed for a long time.
Clearly you mix with the wrong people (smile). All the Scots I know,including my wife, want to the chance to vote on it. If our sovereignty was why we left EU, then we should respect theirs.
I actually did a study on the subject of the comparative affluence of countries and size was a major contributor - the smaller, the better! If you look at the EU countries up to 2016, you will see that the only small and poor country is Portugal with its historically very low standards of education and recent political problems.
The more the Scots delay, the better are their chances! The 'No!' voters are mostly old and the under 50s are 5-to-3 for independence and the under 25s are about 5-to-2 for independence.
Do you mean the way the whole UK voted to leave the EU? The mess that the various governments have made and continue to make over Brexit is another can of worms.
In short, there was no reason the UK could not have made Brexit a great success - but Johson managed in his inimitable style, to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by handing over negotiations to fools with little or no knowledge of EU law and even less knowledge of the economics of international trade. Ranged against them were platoons of PhDs with a profound understanding of these subjects.
The ECB has been printing money - much to the dismay of the Bundesbank - and governments have been borrowing money into existence like there's no tomorrow! Inflation as a result is going up like crazy. So yes, you are right on the money there!
Yes certainly more informed than Brexiters were. Not sure there needs to be a year limit, it is a democracy so should go on the will of the people. Our Scottish suppliers are well aware of border controls due to Brexit, so if they get EU membership, will no doubt benefit. I am sure UK would be more than happy to do a trade deal with the UK, they like the whiskey too much.
It's nonsense to say there is no appetite to leave. There clearly is, you only have to look back at the last referendum when 44% of the vote wanted it.
There is a certain demographic don't want it. So if these are the Scots you're meeting then it's not surprising.
Yes. The Act of Union between England and Scotland in 1706 was ostensibly supposed to be a voluntary union as it required both Scottish and English parliaments to ratify the Act of Union and it is the ability of the Scottish Parliament to have the power to hold a referendum on this issue that was judged by the Supreme Court.
I have repeatedly supported a referendum, very pro democracy. Previous support means little today, from the Scots I talk too they have no more faith in the SNP than London, but happy to give them the choice.
In a democracy, people get a vote every 4 years.
You support a referendum but have commented above that it should be once every 20 years!
I will have a slight disagreement on your definition of complete independence, I might have the wrong idea, but Sturgeon seems to be pushing to leave the UK to gain independence, but then give that away by joining the EU.
If you know enough about this (I'm not saying you don't) but they don't have control over the most important thing, finance.
Not a hope in hell. In the days of major industry , possibly a slight chance but all the business owners were English , so probably not even then.
Who sets that arbitrary period? It's not 4 years for the UK, are we, therefore, not a democracy?
They almost did in the UK. The fixed term parliament act made it a whole lot more difficult to call an election. Was that undemocratic?
When it was promoted as "once in a generation", yes, thats perfectly reasonable.
Again Scotland should be free to hold a referendum whenever they see fit. It is their country alone.
I see Sturgeon is potentially in trouble for using tax payers money and the Scottish civil service for the referendum campaign. Especially now it's been clarified they have no business in doing so.
Pay attention! At the height of the industrial revolution when industry in Wales was in its heyday 1760 - 1890 the industrialists were mainly English.
On both sides.
whisky for Scotch.
