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What's always been striking in #indyref2 debate is just how much pro-independence voices *sound* like Brexiteers: national self-determination is ultimately the priority.
Most Brexiteers + pro-indy supporters both vehemently hate the comparison - but do some concede it is valid?
Most Brexiteers + pro-indy supporters both vehemently hate the comparison - but do some concede it is valid?
This isn't a comment on the merits of Brexit or Scottish independence. Just that despite the obvious cultural/political differences between the SNP + Tories, they share a central philosophy: self-determination.
And yes, one clear motivator for Scots independence is as a route to regaining EU membership and therefore *sharing* national sovereignty, ie a complex/subtle sense of nationhood. The counter case is you can pool sovereignty within the UK via devolution not independence.
Anyway, as I say, it's the similar language used by both apparently different causes that seems notable.
That's not to deny the appeal of the central argument: 'yes, we may make mistakes/huge gains as an independent nation, but they'll be *our* mistakes/huge gains.'
Many will argue UK was clearly an independent nation within the EU, but Brexiteer case was migration disproved that
Many will argue UK was clearly an independent nation within the EU, but Brexiteer case was migration disproved that
