There have been polls showing big leads for Yes before, but this one is different. As Adam Ramsay writes in Novara: “A new poll gives Scottish independence a lead of 11%. This isn’t the first…

Fuck all good news, so here’s some opinion. Unionists will dismiss the polling company, but me - an ex-cybernet - dismisses the NI fudge. I’d rather see control of a referendum tied to an election result or Scottish MPs get a vote with which rUK MPs don’t get to overturn. It is interesting that Kezia even comes round to these ideas though, I do wonder given another 5 years where she will be

  • thisismyname@lemm.eeEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Heard via propaganda designed to scare people into not voting for independence.

    Do you honestly think a developed country of 5.5 million people is just going to crumble and collapse? A country which made damn sure the EU knew it was dragged out against its will and the EU has responded by saying they’d be welcome with open arms.

    Edinburgh and Glasgow are both international cultural and financial hubs with the Fringe, many large financial institutions, and more bands and gig venues than you can shake a stick at. Dundee exists. Aberdeen has a fuckton of engineers and universities and they’re skill transitioning from oil to renewables. Aberdeenshire has both Europe’s largest cattle and fish markets, and Inverness is the gateway to Highland tourism and also an agricultural hub.

    With the inevitability of climate change marching on we’re also well positioned, with just Loch Ness on its own having more water than all of England and Wales combined and our famously cold climate becoming less so each year. Obviously in the grand scheme of things for humanity climate change is awful but Scotland is probably one of the better places to be during it.

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      I think it was Real Life Lore, but maybe I’m misremembering. Didn’t mean to get your back up, only chatting.

      No surprise there’s propaganda against it. As I clarified elsewhere, if they did decide to go independent I’d probably be talking my wife into moving there ahead of time.

      • my_hat_stinks@programming.dev
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        9 days ago

        I tried looking that up but all I could find was this private video and a lot of responses calling them out for spouting total bullshit, I’m guessing it was a misinformation video they were forced to remove after a lot of pushback. Doesn’t sound like someone worth listening to.