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Originally Posted by sabotai
I was just thinking, it'd be kinda crazy if after this, Scotland declared independence (partly) so that they could rejoin the EU.
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There is going to be another referendum, it won't be that long and Scotland will overwhelmingly vote to leave the Union. It's part of the SNP's platform if the UK left the EU, although they don't have a majority in the Scottish Parliament I would imagine they will get some defectors now and still be able to get it done. I think that one is a given.
Northern Ireland isn't so cut and dry, but Sinn Fein were banging on about some way under the Good Friday agreement that this might trigger some referendum or change in status there as well.
I'm stunned and saddened that Wales, as a region that has some horrendously deprived areas and has historically got a ton of investment and value from the EU (although admittedly less in recent years as more deprived eastern european countries joined the union) overwhelmingly voted to leave. In fact, I think that's the story all around the country and something the Remain campaign tried to emphasize in the latter days of the campaign - the areas voting Leave are in fact the kinds of vulnerable areas that got the most out of the EU and the kinds of vulnerable areas that are going to be hit the hardest from the economic fallout from all of this.