I sure hope not, just because a 21st century breakup would be motivated largely upon "cosmopolitan/Brexiteer" cultural cleavages rather than historical ethnic or religious divides. That sort of motivation just doesn't seem healthy.
Yeah because Scottish independence and Irish unification weren't issues until Brexit happened.
I think you’ve misunderstood my point. I’m acknowledging that Scotland and Ireland are very culturally distinct from England, and a breakup for those reasons would be respectful inasmuch as there’s ample historical precedent for such disunions. However, if the UK breaks up because of petty post-Industrial culture warring over “Brexit” then that’s a much sadder occurance. Isn't it more of a combination of all those? That's what
the SNP's homepage seems to say.
After being told by the Tory Westminster government and No campaign in 2014 that the way to protect Scotland’s place in Europe was to vote No, we now find ourselves potentially being dragged out of the EU against our will – and unfortunately for people in Scotland, this is only the most obvious of the broken promises from the anti-independence parties.
Whether it was pledging that power lay with the people of Scotland, the Tory election promises of massive investment in Carbon Capture technology, Michael Fallon telling ship-workers on the Clyde that a No vote would protect their jobs, Ruth Davidson promising that voting No would guarantee our place in Europe, or promises of ‘extensive’ new powers – the reality has been damning indictment of the Westminster government’s real attitude towards Scotland.
The UK Westminster government has misled the people of Scotland so it’s no wonder that support for independence is continuing to grow.
