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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by modo_mario on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @07:42AM (#31737664)
Didn't the UK made a rather unprecedented move of lowkey changing some Scottish sea-border since to get some potential gas fields on the english side?
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Re:Scotland starts renewed case for independence by brigandish on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @09:08PM (#31747989)
In 1999. You can read a pro-independence argument on that here[1], as you can tell from this quote:

> In 1999 Tony Blair, abetted by the Scottish traitor Donald Dewar, redrew the existing English/Scottish maritime boundary to annex 6,000 square miles of Scottish waters to England, including the Argyll field and six other major oilfields. The idea was specifically to disadvantage Scotland’s case for independence.

Whether you think he makes his case or not, it's been a while and it didn't stop the first referendum.

[1] https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2012/01/scotlandengl...

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