Today is the first day of the rest of our lives

I feel genuinely sick from this.

Same here when I looked at the news this morning. I Googled “referendum” and the first hit was a new site I didn’t recognise, I assumed it was a parody.

It wasn’t.

A friend of mine commented that being a Brexiter today must be like being a Labour supporter in May ’97. We just have to hope this one pans out a bit better.

A friend of mine commented that being a Brexiter today must be like being a Labour supporter in May ’97.

I was personally going with something from the 30’s

EU’s relationship with its member states is nothing like Scotland’s current relationship with the UK.

As an aside, given how much of the Independence campaign was based on anti-London sentiment, it’s ironic that London and Scotland were the two most pro-remain areas!

I was personally going with something from the 30’s

I imagine more like storming the winter palace then living through what follows. So much (in my opinion naive) hope about to be crushed by the reality.

“Workers of the UK unite, you have nothing to loose but your chains” would have seemed an apt slogan for brexit

As an aside, given how much of the Independence campaign was based on anti-London sentiment, it’s ironic that London and Scotland were the two most pro-remain areas!

I think you’ve misunderstood this. No such thing as anti-London sentiment, any more than there is an anti-Cardiff sentiment, more of an anti-Westminster feeling which the EURef result won’t have done anything to improve.

So many of those who want independence from a ‘London-centric’ government (that doesn’t have the interests of Scotland at heart) are clamouring to remain in a union with 27 other countries, based in Brussels, because they think it’ll be better for Scotland?

Not saying I agree either way, it just seems a little….odd.

There’s nothing inconsistent about wanting to take a different political direction from the rest of the UK and at the same time remain in the EU. Membership of an economic and political union of sovereign national states is not the same as being part of a sovereign national state.
For me, it’s not about a London-centric government. It’s about being part of a society that just has very different views on a lot of social and political issues.

Not sure the EU will be the land of milk and honey for an independent Scotland that many believe it will be, that’s if Scotland were even admitted.

I don’t know anyone that believes that EU membership will result in a land of milk and honey, but a lot of people believe it’s better than being outside the EU.

So, legislation on the way for a second Scottish referendum and a vote of no confidence tabled against Corbyn.