I’m a Scot, I want to stay in the EU but exit the UK.
It’s difficult to tell how to play this, my inclination is to stay in the EU but if a brexit forced another referendum and a quick application to join the EU as an independent nation-state… I’d prefer that outcome. But winning that vote so soon after the disappointment (and underhand shenanigans) of the last referendum could prove difficult.
Of course, the majority of people who voted ‘no’ in the referendum don’t care about the nuances of EU membership, they just want to stay fixed to England because we ‘always’ have been and ‘that’s what’s best for us’. I’m not sure quite how obviously dire our circumstances would have to be to sway such informed opinion.
I think another yes campaign could find the crucial 5 or 6% of the vote, but the obstructionist mindset, grounded in some rosy fantasy of the UK will continue to hold sway with a large percentage of Scots regardless of what evidence is proffered. I don’t foresee any consequences swaying that kind of attitude whatsoever, it’s just not evidence-based.
