Sturgeon seeks Brussels talks to protect Scotland's EU membership

Re:Sturgeon seeks Brussels talks to protect Scotland's EU me... by atmosx on Saturday June 25, 2016 @06:13PM (#11978249)

I have a romantic view of referendums: I don't believe that decision taken via referendum can be wrong. It's the quintessence of democracy and I ultimately believe in democracy, which means I believe that the majority votes as best as the can.

IMHO you're misunderstanding: Listening BBC Radio 5 the last couple of days I can say that lack of transparency, austerity promotion and the way countries like Greece (primarily), Ireland and Portugal were treated in 2014 and 2015 by the EU played a major role in turning voters to Brexit.

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Re:Sturgeon seeks Brussels talks to protect Scotland's EU me... by touristtam on Saturday June 25, 2016 @07:23PM (#11978539)

Having seen first hand the British media (both English and Scottish) coverage of the debate surrounding the EU referendum, I can confidently say that part of the British electorate has been mislead to think all blame are on the EU institution. There is also the antiquated notion of Nation-State that does not apply to the UK as Northern Ireland and Scotland have voted to remain and are now seeing their future outside the EU against their will.

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