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Re:Scotland to seek second independence referendum by pjc50 on Monday March 13, 2017 @11:04AM (#13858371)
Not to mention Gibraltar - everyone's overlooked this tiny rock, but Gibraltar is entirely dependent on EU freedom of movement and voted very heavily remain. It's not a coincidence that there was a Gibraltar diplomatic mission to the SNP conference, although I'm not entirely clear what they wanted other than solidarity against Brexit.

Maybe Spain would let in Scotland and claim Gibraltar as their own?

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Re:Scotland to seek second independence referendum by RobertoG on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:40PM (#13860227)
Spain is already claiming Gibraltar as its own.

Is just that not the UK neither the people in Gibraltar want that. But yes, Gibraltar could face some problems when the UK leave the UE.

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Re:Scotland to seek second independence referendum by dagenleg on Monday March 13, 2017 @11:23AM (#13858539)
Why would they claim it as their own if the population is not Spanish?
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Re:Scotland to seek second independence referendum by ceejayoz on Monday March 13, 2017 @11:25AM (#13858563)
Short version: look at a map.

Long version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disputed_status_of_Gibraltar

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Re:Scotland to seek second independence referendum by dagenleg on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @06:10AM (#13866287)
If the population does not want to be part of the country, one cannot just annex the territory in the modern times.
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Re:Scotland to seek second independence referendum by ceejayoz on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @09:49AM (#13867424)
Correct. That said, if the UK leaves the EU, and freedom of movement goes away, the opinions of Gibraltar's residents may change fairly rapidly.
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