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Originally Posted by Chris
None of the home nations voted for anything.
This was a United Kingdom ballot on a matter concerning the United Kingdom. Every U.K. voter cast a single vote of equal worth, on an issue which they understood would apply to the whole U.K. In Scotland in particular, when the independence vote was held in September 2014 the EU referendum was already a policy the Tory party was publicly committed to pursue after the 2015 general election. Nobody in Scotland can claim they didn’t know that remaining in the U.K. entailed a vote on whether the U.K. would remain in the EU, regardless of anything any outraged, spinning nationalist politician might tell you.
To say that Scotland voted for one thing or another is to co-opt the votes of everyone in Scotland who voted the other way. Co-opting voices and claiming their support is a trick right out of the nationalist playbook, as is demanding that things be done differently on their turf, because it serves the longer term aim of differentiation.
Yes, the SNP would demand Scotland be treated differently if Northern Ireland was, but that demand would have nothing to do with the very particular circumstances of Northern Ireland and everything to do with trying to create similar circumstances in Scotland.
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I don't think it will happen tbh, also, if NI was treated differently to the rest of the UK, the DUP would probably object. I only hope that, whatever happens, the troubles don't resurface.
The whole thing seems to be more complicated than what a lot of people realised, apparent solutions to various issues only serve to be objectionable to others.