Chris

The similarities between the arguments over Scottish independence and the UK’s membership of the EU are also quite striking, though they are by no means identical (hence the enormously different voting pattern in Scotland in 2016 compared to 2014).

The likely similarity between Brexit negotiations and any attempt to negotiate Scotland out of the U.K. is giving Nicola Sturgeon sleepless nights at the moment. You may have wondered why she has been so restrained (for her) in her commentary on the process; it’s because she doesn’t want to make the process look horribly difficult for fear of making the process of Scottish independence look so horrible as to be unthinkable. It’s also the reason why she’s not lining up with the ‘people’s vote’ numpties in support of a second referendum. You can be quite certain that if she ever wins one in Scotland, she won’t entertain any calls for a second referendum of any form. She knows, even if the ‘peoples Vote’ lot won’t admit it, that a second referendum ‘on the terms of the deal’ is really just a device to overturn the original result.