<story><title>Scotland starts renewed case for independence</title><url>https://www.gov.scot/publications/independence-modern-world-wealthier-happier-fairer-not-scotland/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>carnitine</author><text>I’d say post-Brexit England has drifted &lt;i&gt;away&lt;/i&gt; from the far right. The whole EDL&amp;#x2F;Britain First&amp;#x2F;UKIP sentiment has only waned massively since then. The ruling government has not come close to far right at any point.</text></item><item><author>cstross</author><text>For non-UK people:&lt;p&gt;There are four nations in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).&lt;p&gt;But England has roughly 90% of the population of the UK. So what England votes for in an all-nations referendum, the rest of the UK gets.&lt;p&gt;England voted for Brexit by a narrow-ish majority. But Scotland voted against Brexit by a huge margin -- 62&amp;#x2F;38, or approximately 3:2.&lt;p&gt;Ironically, the year before the Brexit referendum there was a Scottish independence referendum where &amp;quot;remain part of the UK&amp;quot; won, 55&amp;#x2F;45. One of the promises the remain campaign made was that staying in the UK was the only way to guarantee Scotland could stay in the EU.&lt;p&gt;So there&amp;#x27;s a strong sense here in Scotland that we were misled, and presented with a bait-and-switch last time round.&lt;p&gt;Finally, Scotland has a very different political climate from England, with a much weaker far right, stronger far left, and a dominant centre left government. While since 2017, England has increasingly drifted towards the far right.</text></item><item><author>afavour</author><text>As a Brit that didn’t want Scotland to be independent last time around: good luck to them. Brexit has shown very clearly that Scotland wants to chart a different path to England and IMO they should be allowed to do it.&lt;p&gt;…just be generous to English folks seeking asylum from Tory rule, yeah?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>SilverBirch</author><text>Excuse me, but literally today is the first day that the government starting flying asylum seekers to Rwanda[1], and yesterday they published legislation with the intention of breaking international law[2]. They&amp;#x27;ve also recently curtailed rights to legal protest[3]. The Prime Minister has a history of law breaking including illegally shutting down our parliament[4]. This government only got their majority when UKIP candidates stood down in favour of the Tory party at the last election. By any reasonable definition England is currently governed by the far right.&lt;p&gt;[1]:&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;uk-61791994&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;uk-61791994&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]:&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.sky.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;a-mess-unrealistic-doctrine-of-necessity-three-views-on-northern-ireland-protocol-divisions-12633349&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.sky.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;a-mess-unrealistic-doctrine-of-ne...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3]:&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;uk-56400751&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;uk-56400751&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[4]:&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnn.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;uk&amp;#x2F;scottish-court-uk-parliament-prorogation-intl&amp;#x2F;index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnn.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;uk&amp;#x2F;scottish-court-uk-parliame...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Scotland starts renewed case for independence</title><url>https://www.gov.scot/publications/independence-modern-world-wealthier-happier-fairer-not-scotland/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>carnitine</author><text>I’d say post-Brexit England has drifted &lt;i&gt;away&lt;/i&gt; from the far right. The whole EDL&amp;#x2F;Britain First&amp;#x2F;UKIP sentiment has only waned massively since then. The ruling government has not come close to far right at any point.</text></item><item><author>cstross</author><text>For non-UK people:&lt;p&gt;There are four nations in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).&lt;p&gt;But England has roughly 90% of the population of the UK. So what England votes for in an all-nations referendum, the rest of the UK gets.&lt;p&gt;England voted for Brexit by a narrow-ish majority. But Scotland voted against Brexit by a huge margin -- 62&amp;#x2F;38, or approximately 3:2.&lt;p&gt;Ironically, the year before the Brexit referendum there was a Scottish independence referendum where &amp;quot;remain part of the UK&amp;quot; won, 55&amp;#x2F;45. One of the promises the remain campaign made was that staying in the UK was the only way to guarantee Scotland could stay in the EU.&lt;p&gt;So there&amp;#x27;s a strong sense here in Scotland that we were misled, and presented with a bait-and-switch last time round.&lt;p&gt;Finally, Scotland has a very different political climate from England, with a much weaker far right, stronger far left, and a dominant centre left government. While since 2017, England has increasingly drifted towards the far right.</text></item><item><author>afavour</author><text>As a Brit that didn’t want Scotland to be independent last time around: good luck to them. Brexit has shown very clearly that Scotland wants to chart a different path to England and IMO they should be allowed to do it.&lt;p&gt;…just be generous to English folks seeking asylum from Tory rule, yeah?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>samwillis</author><text>I think in the context of today specifically with the Rwanda flight I would find it hard to agree with you.&lt;p&gt;True they aren’t all far right, but they do capitalise on decisive policies to invigorate their core supporters.</text></comment>