Could the Scottish Parliament Stop the UK from Leaving the EU?

Re:Could the Scottish Parliament Stop the UK from Leaving th... by ubernostrum on Monday June 27, 2016 @05:48AM (#11985081)

The consequences for leaving the UK are well known.

The consequences for leaving the EU were well-known and kicked in within hours of the votes being tallied last week, but didn't stop the English from voting to do it anyway. And if we're going to allow the English to be that reckless on the basis of a single simple-majority vote, I don't see why we oughtn't let the Scots do the same.

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Re:Could the Scottish Parliament Stop the UK from Leaving th... by cmdkeen on Monday June 27, 2016 @06:34AM (#11985266)

The consequences for Scotland leaving the UK are an order of magnitude worse, and that is if they were guaranteed admission to the EU on a roughly similar basis to to the UK's current status. In reality they would probably have to adopt the Euro and thus have even less control over fiscal policy which would mean dealing with the 9% budget deficit, higher than Greece's which would be political suicide.

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