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?
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
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