Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence
by veltas on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @07:11AM
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If Scottish leave voters hadn't turned out then the referendum would have resulted in "remain". So it's interesting to say in that context that "Scotland voted to remain" as many people simplify it to. 3:2 is a big margin and it's meaningful, but it doesn't define Scots.
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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence
by aerique on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @07:21AM
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And if Scottish "remain" voters hadn't turned out?
Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence
by veltas on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @07:25AM
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...no difference to the result, but big difference to the interpretation (as it would be for leavers not turning out). My point is just that Scotland isn't one person, there were plenty of leavers there.
Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence
by ben_w on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @08:22AM
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This is why, despite my reaction to Brexit (plus some other things) being to move from the UK to Berlin, I never really bought into the idea of a second referendum — even when broken down to individual constituencies, most were evenly split and relatively few were decisive either way.
(I did put my name to a few of the relevant post referendum petitions, but as a way to signal my opinions — it was already clear to me that the government doesn’t really listen to any of the petitions).
Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence
by zwirbl on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @08:45AM
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That's a really creative way to spin a majority "remain" vote into a "leave" narrative