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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by afavour on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @06:54AM (#31737105)
I believed that the UK is better off as a united country. Not all that different from the logic for the UK staying in the EU: larger economic markets help everyone. A union of likeminded nations is better then isolation. I also have both English and Scottish relatives (one reason I consider myself a “Brit”) so you could say the concept plays into my self image.

> it was your position to have an opinion

I suppose I could have pretended that I didn’t have an opinion on it, but I did. The important part is that I didn’t have a vote so my opinion wasn’t anything other than my opinion.

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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by eyko on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @06:59AM (#31737158)
Scotland can be independent _and_ be in the same economic market (ignoring UK and Spain willing to veto Scotland reentering EU out of spite / own political motives).
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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by happy_path on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @07:14AM (#31737310)
Spain will only veto Scotland if the independence is not agreed between the UK and Scotland (in the same spirit of Spain's opinion of Kosovo independence).

Spain parliament is against unilateral declarations of independence.

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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by netsharc on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @07:46AM (#31737703)
> Spain parliament is against unilateral declarations of independence.

For background, it's because the Spanish government is afraid that recognizing independence movements legitimizes the Catalonian independence movement in their own country.

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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by happy_path on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:06AM (#31750657)
It's not only that. After the Civil War and Franco's regime, Spain's political tradition is to avoid conflict and wars at all cost.
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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by ericmay on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @07:57AM (#31737806)
> Spain parliament is against unilateral declarations of independence.

Very convenient of them isn’t it?

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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by happy_path on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:06AM (#31750663)
Aren't they allowed to have an opinion?
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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by WJW on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @07:20AM (#31737401)
How would the UK veto an independent Scotland reentering the EU? They no longer have a vote to do so.
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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by ben_w on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @08:26AM (#31738224)
Not any more, but they could’ve after the previous independence referendum if it had gone that way.
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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by eyko on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @11:15AM (#31740699)
It was a talking point during the Scottish independence referendum (pre-Brexit referendum).
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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by ggm on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @07:08AM (#31737250)
Spain would have a different perspective post brexit: one in the eye for Gibraltar.
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