I stand by every single comment in this thread. The UK is doing well and I think they will continue to do so, fluctuations in the exchange rate and stock market notwithstanding. I'd stand by that even if they entered a small recession.

> The UK is doing well and I think they will continue to do so

The likely dissolution of the political entity currently known as the UK, more formally the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" would preclude it "doing well", not so?

I don't think there's gonna be another referendum soon. The EU referendum was already on the table during the Scottish referendum. The people of Scotland knew the risk. Everyone was loudly saying that these were once-in-a-generation votes.

Now of course, if support for Scottish independence consistently polls at over 60% for years, that's a different story. But I think that pro-independence forces are likely to weaken as Brexit proves to have been a good move.

Or not, in which case England loses 5 million people (England is 53 million btw) and some oil. On the plus side, they'd shake off a chunk of the electorate that seems to be set on economic suicide by socialism.

> I don't think there's gonna be another referendum soon.

> The EU referendum was already on the table during the Scottish referendum. The people of Scotland knew the risk.

Incorrect, it was sold as the other way around: Scotland must stay in the UK or it might be out of the EU. You are detached from reality. A second Scottish referendum is likely.

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