kevin04 wrote:That's it passed in the Scottish parliament now. 68 to 54 votes.
After last week's election result (SNP won 48 out of 59 seats) ; the EU election (SNP won 3/6) ; the EU referendum 62% - 38% , and the Holyrood election of 2016 - The SNP and Scottish Greens have a majority.
I'd like to hear how the Tories have a mandate for Brexit with 43% of the UK vote yet the SNP don't have one for never mind leaving the UK, but holding a vote assesing if they should stay or leave with 45% of the Scottish vote? If you are going to play the 55% of people voted for Unionist parties, then the exact same 55% of the UK voted for Remain parties.
Nothing will happen though. The Tories will rubber this, the SNP will take them to court it will be a long drawn out process without anything happening until the 2021 Scottish election.
That will then be a ''generation'' or a poltiical generation, well it is according to the Nothern Ireland act.
I don't expect anything radical to happen or mass protest, but two who I know are Yes supporters but hardly radidcals : one is trying to organise a walk to Westminister and the other is basically saying we should be looking at civil disobience.
The majority of Scots are couthy and dour. Yessers wil mostly bump their gums for the next few years, whilst Naw voters will just batter home ''we said Naw in 2014,"
I doubt many are worried about this, but I don't expect anything to happen or there to be a second referendum anytime soon.
Scotland will leave the EU on 1st February. Once that's happened , will they still be as keen on independence ? They can't join on their own, and they need another country or countries to support them.
This stuff about another referrendum is the same as remoaners wanting a re run. You can't just keep re running Referrendums till you get the result you want.
If they do civil disobedience who'd care ? They'd only be inconveniencing each other.