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   Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙 (anthonyfstevens@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 05:58:01 JST Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙

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   @Wen @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren

   Please enlighten me. I'd love to fully know why your quest for #ScottishIndependence didn't work out in 2014.

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     Wen (wen@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 05:58:01 JST Wen

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     @AnthonyFStevens @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren

     It is of course complicated, but in the space available
     * the tale that Scotlands would not be allowed to (re)join the UK by a UK (England) veto
     * the misrepresentation of Scottish Debt (I suggest you look at an accountants analysis) https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/08/16/gers-day/
     * A massive misrepresentation by the main street Media - from the BBC upwards or downwards
     * And of course a substantial number of people who still believe the Union is good for them

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     Wen (wen@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 05:58:02 JST Wen

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     @AnthonyFStevens @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren you should catch up with the derailed proposals the Scottish government put up against ‘project fear’. The Unionist objections were almost as risible as the Brexit campaign.

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     Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙 (anthonyfstevens@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 05:58:03 JST Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙

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     @Wen @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren

     It's the untangling & the aftermath which needs to be clarified. Unfortunately, the average person in England really wouldn't be arsed.

     Most would merely give a shoulder shrug if the #Scots gained independence, as it'll have little material difference on our lives beyond supplies of Irn Bru, & Megan's beer. 🍺

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     Wen (wen@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 05:58:04 JST Wen

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     @AnthonyFStevens @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren btw - what constitutional nightmare? Yes lots of technical untangling, but as Scotland has a separate legal system..

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     Wen (wen@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 05:58:05 JST Wen

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     @AnthonyFStevens @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren those most clearly don’t include the Labour Party,…

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     Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙 (anthonyfstevens@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 05:58:05 JST Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙

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     @Wen @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren

     Is that the grass-roots of the #Labour Party, or those at the top facing a constitutional nightmare if #Scotland did vote for independence?

     Trust me, #ScottishIndependence has never been mentioned to me by anyone apart from Scots. 🤷🏾♂️

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     Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙 (anthonyfstevens@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 05:58:06 JST Anthony Stevens 🇪🇺 🇯🇲 💙

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     @Wen @Theriac @CloudyMrs @soren

     To be fair, South of the border, no one cares about #ScottishIndependence or a united #Ireland. I think most people wish both would happen so we don't have to hear about it any longer.

     It's the ruling class unionists who still hanker for the colonial empire, & keeping Scotland & North Ireland under English rule. It's never been a major issue for the average person in England, hence why I think most would support the #Irish & the #Scots if given the chance.

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     Wen (wen@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 05:58:07 JST Wen

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     @Theriac @AnthonyFStevens @CloudyMrs @soren well said. Too much gets assumed south of the border. Arrogance and ignorance.