How Many Of Our Scottish Abers Vote To Leave?

[cassa333]

Autumn next year is Nicola Sturgeons preferred date for another independence referendum.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-39213767

What would our Scottish ABers vote for if it were a straight in or out question?

[murraymints]

much of the foreign investment in place has been threatened with removal on independence

[cassa333]

Purely from a live and let live approach I would say if the Scott's think they can manage then they should go for it but separatist ideology is damaging to the benefits of a united UK.

I know that flies in the face of the Brexit vote to separate from the EU but there is MUCH more history, collaboration and unity within the UK than the EU.

It seems farcical that a country that purports to want independence is so much keener on far more subjugation to the EU!!

I do rather like Tracy Ullman when she does her sketches of Nicola Sturgeon in her efforts to make the world a into a united Scotland.

[Togo]

//If Scotland were independent, revenues from these sources would go directly into Scotland's Treasury. The rest of the UK would get NO income from oil in the North Atlantic or the “far” North Sea…the only sea areas with real future promise//

Are you convinced that Scotland would just be able to "take over" the oil infrastructure and equipment put it place by huge investment from the rest of the UK. Do you think we would just hand it over with a cheery wave and a there you go. Oh no we want our investment back, or is Wee Burney going to do a Mugabee and just seize it all at gunpoint? Plus what are the plans when England and Wales start fracking, making the oil wells way offshore non viable? Or when the Shetlands or the Faroes and other outlying Islands demand their own "independence". Perhaps they would prefer to be Norwegian or Danish.

[Quizmonster]

So, Murraymints, where do you imagine the foreign investors in "SCOTCH" whisky would be able to take their money? After all, that particular product is not made anywhere else. Oh yes, there are so-called 'whiskies'...and even 'whiskeys'...made elsewhere, but only Scotland produces 'Scotch' and these investors have shown that they know perfectly well on which side their bread is buttered! They've got nowhere to go, ma'am, and why would they go anywhere given the income their investments are making?

Fair enough, Togo, but all government buildings and other such estate/property currently belong to the whole UK. Clearly, since the bulk of that is in England, an independent Scotland would have to get its whack of the value from the rump UK. What would the Palace of Westminster...the seat of the British government not the English government...be worth, for example, as the site of a block of luxury flats, for example?
In addition, I’d guess the Shetland Isles would have about as much chance of independence as the Isle of Wight. Just think of all the arguments people make against Scottish independence and imagine those “in spades” for Shetland.
You seem to be unaware of the fact that the Faroes are attached to Denmark and have nothing whatsoever to do with us! I don't think anyone in Scotland imagines that annexing or attacking foreign countries would be a good idea soon after independence!!

[Togo]

//The Shetland Islands are 12 hours by ferry from the Scottish mainland, hundreds of miles from Edinburgh and closer to Oslo than London. Many of the 23,000 inhabitants of the windswept islands have strong feelings about September's referendum on Scottish independence. An online petition posted on the Scottish government website demands that the Shetland Islands, neighbouring Orkney and the Western Isles all hold referendums to decide whether to join an independent Scotland, stay with Great Britain or declare independence themselves. Many Shetlanders see the referendum as an opportunity to gain control over local services and a share of revenues from the oil pumped from the North Sea.//

Perhaps a "new" referendum will stir their resolve.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/scottish-independence-shetland-islands-demand-own-referendum-1445116

[Quizmonster]

Clearly, if there is a "new" referendum, Shetlanders will have a vote. Remember, however, that such referenda...like the Brexit one...are truly 'democratic'; that is, all votes are accumulated into a straightforward yea or nay decision on a single topic and that topic simply will have nothing to do with Shetland's "independence!

[johnT]

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[johnT]

I reckon the question was clear enough, it referred to Scottish independence (not the EU), and referred to a typical ballot paper question requiring a yes or no answer. So why does everyone seem to be doing a House of Lords trick by making arguments and involving questions and debate about unrelated matters?