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Originally Posted by techguyone
I was up all night watching this.
And was pleasantly relieved, I thought those big London boroughs would wipe out all the little gains the smaller areas were making.
This will start the cascade across Europe now, you watch. Now someone has stepped forward first, more will follow.
The EU is fatally flawed and will now (hopefully) change into something more fit for purpose.
Scotland should be careful too, as I expect they will want - and may get, another referendum for their Independance. They may get it , if for nothing else to shut them up and the neverending bitching from across the border we've seen in recent years. (I know I have lots of Scottish relatives)
I'd advise caution though, they may get what they ask for, but may not like it when they get it, if the EU does implode they may find themselves proud members of a small and meaningless club.
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Yes it'll be interesting to see just how keen the SNP remains on EU membership over coming weeks/months. It's their choice, let them put their money where there mouth is if they feel trying to join the EU is going to be good for them. If they're certain it's so right let them provide a vote for independence and go for it now. Any delay will clearly indicate just how much they believe their own rhetoric.
As for what happens in the EU, I expect others to ask for referenda and it'll be interesting to see what concessions they may be offered. If the argument for not giving the UK much is that they couldn't because it'd encourage others to try their luck, well that is still the case now with any other nations who may wish to review their membership of the EU. There's no way to avoid the problem now, the best thing they could have do is to be sensible with the UK and avoided this trauma and all the likely fallout. Sadly the EU doesn't do common sense...