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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
An interesting point that prolly underlines the difference between us. Which is more important? The Union or standing up to the EU? This is the classic rock/hard place situation. There is no point in acceding to the EU's red line that the ECJ should have a decisive role in our affairs. Fishing - a matter of allocation (reviewed annually with UK deciding); Level playing field - as long as that isn't policed by the ECJ, there's negotiating room.
Also, I don't see Scottish nationalism as particularly aligned to the EU situation. It's prolly more aligned to the same sort of prejudices as between Spurs/Arsenal.
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This is all about why we pay politicians to make difficult decisions for us.
A bad deal with the EU - one with bags of friction that erodes our competitiveness - will go down badly in Scotland. The country is already in favour of devolution thanks to its handling of Covid-19 and a bad UK deal with the EU will only increase this. Given the limited time we have, Boris has again backed himself into a negotiating corner and will do as he did with Ireland - concede, deny, move on.
How will Brexit impact your trade with NI?