Re:Could the Scottish Parliament Stop the UK from Leaving th...
by Nursie on Monday June 27, 2016 @06:26AM
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Certainly, I listened to Nicola Sturgeon's post-result address and it sounded like she was out talking to all the leaders she could.
If the question of post-Independence EU membership is resolved on the EU side I'd love to know, during the last referendum the EU was pretty clear there would be no automatic entry for Scotland. But whether that was true or politically driven... guess we'll find out.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jun/25/brexit-...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36629331
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/25/sturgeon-see... We knew all along that Scotland was strongly pro-EU.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-3561...
And that the only reason a bunch of people in Scotland voted to stay in the UK was because of promises about staying in EU.