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Do you believe smaller countries have a right to self determination ?
I can see your argument but that’s not for anyone else to decide, good or bad we can make our own future.
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Do you believe smaller countries have a right to self determination ?
I do.
But then there is a line. Does Cornwall, for example, get to vote out of the Union? (Or out of England, rather).
It's not a line I'd like to draw, that's for sure.
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Within reason, yes.
Although as others have pointed out the majority (including 16 and 17yo) decided to remain in what was framed as once in a generation. So there is also a balance of how often you re-run a question most people aren't that bothered about, and which the majority has already made a decision on.
(Also genuinely no offence but posting the same questions multiple times makes you sound like a bot. I almost didn't reply out of habit from YT and reddit. )
NotThamesWater
hugo7
At the time of the ref I tried to make this point a lot. Partly because I felt "conceding" to an element of the leave argument makes you look less partizan. But I followed it up with asking outside of a cute intellectual argument what the real benefit would be.
We've ended up exactly where lots of people said we'd be; a rule taker not a rule maker.
Anyway I think Scotland should stay. Stronger together and all that. They will be a small voice in Europe and eventually have their financial services sapped away as the EU introduces tougher regs which they have no power to influence. They could try and carve out a niche being physically located next to us, but I think by the time they get into the EU Ireland will be too powerful and all the other random little niches will be held by places like Malta. There is also a real risk of losing a shit tonne of money when they switch to the Euro as by leaving GBP would be decimated.