It is unreasonable to expect a referendum in the near future IMO. It isn't about democracy, it is about common sense. The smoke needs to clear before we make the world even more uncertain.
I don't like the SNP but do admire their savvy (or cunning) and audacity. No doubt they will fight to keep the £ again when they 'leave'.
The thing is that I don't like about the SNP and a lot of their supporters is that they are not honest enough to be straight and just admit it is about nationalism.
Joining the EU right now is frankly extremely stupid for a relatively prosperous country.
This is the problem though...it's really
not. It's for a variety of factors, and nationalism is actually quite small at the moment. We feel marginalised in a UK which is increasingly voting against our own interests...Tory governments we haven't elected (and will not elect), and being dragged out of the EU despite over 60% of our population voting to remain, and every single area voting to remain.
That's not nationalism. To have a strong desire for independence in such circumstances is fecking common sense. Even the Scottish Tories, the supposed strong voice of Scottish unionism, are planning to become an independent Scottish party if Boris gets into power. If Boris' own fecking colleagues north of the border do not trust him, then why on earth should we? And it doesn't matter if it's not
him; it's still going to be someone we haven't voted for and will not vote for.
There's no genuine UK voice for Scotland either...apart from the SNP, who have shown themselves to be by far the most capable party. Labour are done for, and we're never going to go UKIP/Tory. Very little point in remaining in an unstable, uncertain union which does not work for us at all.