So you're also fine with the UK leaving the EU then, right?
Other than both being separatist movements, Scottish independence is nothing like Brexit.
Anybody who claims that Brexit is an overall good thing is either deluded, ignorant, a moron, or a liar.
Brexit was voted for mostly out of protest & racism. Brexit is bad. Brexit is backwards. Brexit is borderline racism. Brexit is a joke.
Scottish independence on the other hand? Only a tiny minority of yes voters are racist. It is not common at all. It's about us trying to improve. Trying to be more fair and equal. It's not racist. If anything many of us see it as a way of further distancing ourselves from the horrendous political views & attitudes which are so common in England.
We want to be a welcoming & forward thinking country. This is very far from the vision which UKIP & most brexiteers hold for the UK after Brexit.
Yes, it is. Scotland isn't a country in it's own right, nor is England. You can't expect for Scotland, with a population several times smaller than the rest of the UK to be able to unilaterally make decisions that affect the entire UK.
But it's much better we just be completely ignored and forgotten about?
I mean I do understand that yes, England has a higher population than Scotland, hence they get more MP's. That makes sense to an extent.
But if the political system is so flawed that our opinion and views are almost meaningless, then why do we stay in that system?
There is 0 doubt we could build a better system. More efficiently run by Scots for Scotland. Westminster is a joke, and the tories hold utter contempt for Scotland! They don't care about us. No way. Just like they hate the poor and disabled.
What if we could run our own country? Make our own decisions? Implement 100% of the policies that we wanted. By a government that actually has our best interests in mind? That'd be so much better than this current joke of a system.
In regards to your trade figures. Yes, I understand that we do more trade with rest of UK than to the EU.
But that isn't going to just magically disappear. Supply & demand. People in England & Wales aren't suddenly going to want to stop trading with Scots. Border issues will be figured out just as they've been worked out at almost every border in the world.
Are there risks in regards to trade? Maybe. Is it possible that we may be a little worse off in regards to trade to UK after? Possibly.
Almost nothing is guaranteed in life. Trade isn't set in stone. I'm not psychic and nor are you. I admit there are risks. In my own opinion I strongly believe that everything will be fine, hell in the long term I believe that we'd be a lot better off, but like I said... we ain't psychic, economically we don't know for sure.
But what we do know for sure? Is that Scotland could separate itself from a disgusting, archaic, and terribly inefficient Westminster who currently hates us. We could be better. Have much more control. Improve efficiency. Finally have more of a say & implement our own will & policies (which would likely be light years ahead of tory policies).
What about water claims? Something that as a massive income for the Scottish economy? You can take a look at a picture of the UK's current claims and how due to bargaining from a position of power they was able to claim large sections of water around Ireland for an idea of how that'd go
You know as well as I do that the majority of the UK's oil is Scotland's. Truth is that the Mccrone report stated something along the lines that Scottish independence would be "Very favourable for us" and "We'd have the hardest currency in Europe". Westminster's findings, not mine, and which they kept secret for decades. Again... contempt for us.
And do you know what's happened since that report? The value of oil has risen!. Even today the value is higher than then. Feel free to look it up. Also new oil fields have been found.
They've also been completely inefficient and negligent in regards to Scotland's oil. Look at Norway, similar population to Scotland, and comparable oil. They have a $1 Trillion oil fund. Gigantic. Where is Scotland's? Uh Westminster what have you done with our oil money?
To people wondering about oil... it's much simpler than most scaremongers would have you believe.
I make 2 simple points. Firstly who would you trust more to control that? A government that has shown constant contempt for Scotland who has already shown to be negligent & careless with that oil? Or a government in Scotland, for Scotland, which would work in Scotland's interests?
Secondly... it's as simple as... should Scotland have a bigger slice of the pie? No matter what anyone would have you believe about the value or quantity of oil, a simple question... would that value & quantity be better shared between 5m? or 65m? Very obvious answer.
I can't really understand why somebody wouldn't want a Scotland governed by an actual competent & caring government, when compared to the hateful & negligent current one which has a system which is terrible at representing Scottish interests.
Scaremonger however you like... but truth is majority of countries in Europe, and the world are fine!
Why would Scotland be any worse? We have the most educated population in Europe. An amazing history of inventions, creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation. We have amazing tourism, exports, and people. We have a lot more oil than most countries, plus world class renewables. Give more control, efficiency, and choice to a Scottish government and in the long term we'd most likely excel!