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Cataclysm of Brexit 'could lead to Welsh independence'

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Yes, and remaining in the EU was one of the reasons they stayed. Now they're on their way out anyway, there's nothing to lose by going independent. (Or at least, not that perceived benefit).
    You mean "apart from the enormous subsidies provided (mostly) by the English taxpayers?". I'll admit to being quite surprised Wales voted to leave and Scotland voted to remain, if anything it should have been the other way round. The Scots have had their fishing industry massacred by the EU, whereas the Welsh have Aero and motor industries which depend on good trading relations with the EU. Perhaps it's a case of the Scots "would rather be ruled by the EU than the bastard English bastards." If that's true, Nicola Krankie can't lose, surely...

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    Also - didn't the EU tell Scotland they would go the back of the queue if they left the UK?
    Yes, and they meant it. They have enough basket-case economies to bail out already, so you might be on a waiting list, but don't hold your breath Nicola...

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Yes, and remaining in the EU was one of the reasons they stayed. Now they're on their way out anyway, there's nothing to lose but massive subsidies by going independent. (Or at least, not that perceived benefit).

    FTFY

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  • Zigenare
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Yes, and remaining in the EU was one of the reasons they stayed. Now they're on their way out anyway, there's nothing to lose by going independent. (Or at least, not that perceived benefit).
    Are we talking about Mrs McMiggins and her knitting circle here or a more substantial number of people?

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    Also - didn't the EU tell Scotland they would go the back of the queue if they left the UK?
    Yes, and remaining in the EU was one of the reasons they stayed. Now they're on their way out anyway, there's nothing to lose by going independent. (Or at least, not that perceived benefit).

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  • original PM
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    Also - didn't the EU tell Scotland they would go the back of the queue if they left the UK?

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  • Yorkie62
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    The new leader of the Welsh national party Plaid Cymru has declared himself a “rebel and heretic” and claimed that the “cataclysm” of Brexit could increase the chance of independence for Wales.

    Adam Price said a hard or no-deal Brexit would be a crisis for Wales that could prompt people to turn away from Labour, which has dominated the political scene for a century, and become more open to the idea of independence.

    Price has said he will learn lessons from the Scottish National party about putting in place the machinery to win power and said a Plaid government would give the people of Wales the chance to vote for independence by 2030 at the latest.

    Cataclysm of Brexit 'could lead to Welsh independence' | Politics | The Guardian

    Brexit == Breakup of the Union == Treason

    I wonder how that would sit constitutionally. After all Wales is a conquered nation and as a principality ruled by the eldest son and heir to the British Throne.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    It's already a challenge to find people who will readily admit they would sleep with me without payment
    FTFY!

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    Do you think the South east will be full of the Welsh sleeping 8 to a room and living on minimum wage to earn enough to send home because there will total unemployment in Wales?
    I think very soon it will be a challenge to find people who will readily admit they voted for Brexit

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