not gonna happen any time soon. the first referendum was an act of parliament that was a special 'ok you have one shot at this, and we hold all the chips on these kinds of votes'. and the SNP lost the referendum. they then spent many years trying to find all kinds of legal means to petition for a second referendum. the high court like a year or so ago said nope, only parliament can do this. so unless a government wants to vote to let Scotland leave, which nobody is gonna do, then na Scotland is suck going down to hell with England

[–] edge@hexbear.net 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Only because the SNP is too chickenshit to hold an unsanctioned referendum and unilaterally declare independence.

[–] Saeculum@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They'd almost certainly lose the referendum. The SNP is not a very popular party at the moment with the recent corruption scandals, and Brexit and the collapsing price of oil seems to have cooled opinions on how favourable independence would be as well.

Plus, Scotland is seeing huge immigration from England at the moment as living there is slightly less unaffordable, and the English transplants aren't going to vote very much for independence. (There's also no mechanism for determining if someone is actually Scottish, and that was never a requirement for any referenda.)

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