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To be a bit sick of the independance referendum debate with Scotland

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Cantshedmymuffintop · 16/03/2017 23:14

I will say I am neither Scottish or English, but getting soo bloody sick of the whining about another referendum (and I'm a remoaner!). It feels very much like a whiney teen having a tantrum that they didn't get their own way. There are two other countries in the UK, and do you see us moaning about our bloody freedom. We hardly ever get represented on political programmes and yet it feels like every week we get the SNP on the TV telling us of Scotlands woes. Quite frankly they are hogging the debating arena. Rant over.

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trixymalixy · 17/03/2017 13:13

YANBU OP. I'm Scottish and thoroughly sick to the back teeth of nationalism and referenda.

The cognitive dissonance that Brexit is bad for Scotland but separation from the uk would be all unicorns and roses is just staggering. Brexit and independence are two cheeks of the same nationalist arse. They use the same arguments just replacing the country.

2rebecca · 17/03/2017 13:52

Agree with trixymalixy. I voted no last time and might change to yes if Brexit is really crap but am worried we'll end up like Greece if we enter the EU and fall on hard times. The EU isn't all cute and cuddly, there is a lot of supporting big business and stopping countries protecting their nationalised industries (not that we have many left).
My facebook feed is full of overexcited Yes voters.
Let's sort out one major constitutional mess before we embark on another (not that I trust May & co to do that well.)

ChocolateFuzz · 18/03/2017 18:40

I don't think it's fair to accuse Nicola Sturgeon of not accepting the last referendum, she did accept it, then two years latter something major that no one saw coming happened and she now has good reason to believe that the vote would be different if it were held today.

hellooooooomama · 19/03/2017 06:25

How could no one see it coming?! It was clearly a possibility!

emanresudilavni · 21/03/2017 06:48

she now has good reason to believe that the vote would be different if it were held today.

The vote, according to polls, would mean more people vote to stay.

Okay, so she accepted it for 18 months and has changed her mind...

LordPercy · 21/03/2017 06:55

I'm Scottish, living in Scotland, and I'm completely pissed off with this crap. Again. And no doubt again and again until I need to leave my own country.

TheNewWife · 21/03/2017 06:58

I'm Scottish and completely over it.
The last referendum was billed as a 'once in a lifetime opportunity'
The morally and intellectually bankrupt Salmond is now backtracking on this statement. I was willing to give a Nicola Sturgeon a chance but fear she's heading the same way.
Scotland said no, so we stayed a part of the Union. Ok, we didn't want Brexit, but the Union as a whole did, so let's all get behind the vote. That's democracy.
A nation at risk of being further polarised through the thinly disguised veil of patriotism :(

ClopySow · 21/03/2017 07:22

Scottish yes voter. I think it's wrong to hold another referendum so soon. It was a no, ignoring that wouldn't be democratic.

I think it'll be a no vote again if it happens anyway.

lasttimeround · 21/03/2017 08:10

I think the Brexit vote and Scotlands clear remain majority makes a second indy ref almost inevitable - May's approach to the single market and the lack of space for Scotlands concerns in the negotiations so far hasn't helped.

lasttimeround · 21/03/2017 08:12

I voted no in last indy ref but might vote yes in the next one. The politics of England really just make me want to get rid now tbh. I didn't feel at all like that previously

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