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Matilda

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16. Correct me if I've got it wrong,

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #10)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 12:12 AM

Jul 2016

but isn't Spain being a bit self-serving here? If Scotland is allowed to negotiate its future separately from the rest of Britain, that could open the door for the Catalans to negotiate their way out of union with Spain.

Is that the situation?

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May says won't trigger EU divorce until UK-wide approach agreed [View all] Ghost Dog Jul 2016 OP

They are obviously seeking a face-saving way to renege whatthehey Jul 2016 #1

i don't think so, at least not yet. unblock Jul 2016 #4

What you say there is accurate, Ghost Dog Jul 2016 #8

may needs to determine what scotland needs to get in order to stay in the uk post-brexit. unblock Jul 2016 #2

Northern Ireland is also a factor presumably, TubbersUK Jul 2016 #3

NI is ancestrally connected with Scotland, more than with England, Ghost Dog Jul 2016 #9

Yes, there are strong historial ties. TubbersUK Jul 2016 #11

Sturgeon, the SNP and the team of experts she's assembled have been way ahead of everybody else Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #5

"Our Friends in Europa" leaves out some important information muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #10

"Big deal", indeed! Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #13

It quotes José Manuel Garcia-Margallo from 2012, before the Scottish referendum, let alone muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #14

If we went the Art. 50 route, Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #15

Correct me if I've got it wrong, Matilda Jul 2016 #16

Yes, it is self-serving. That's how governments will be. muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #17

That was a theory floated for quite a while, Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #18

Options... to secure Scotland’s relationship with the European Union Ghost Dog Jul 2016 #12

Does that mean the same as 'until hell freezes over'? LeftishBrit Jul 2016 #6

LMAO! n/t Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #7

If England’s out, we’re out too. And extremely pissed off... (Deborah Orr) Ghost Dog Jul 2016 #19

A righteous rant, but I think people are in danger of making too much of May's statement, Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #20