At present Scotland is faced with the frightening prospect of such a ‘hard Brexit’, most likely forced onto Scotland by the Westminster government with little consultation or involvement. The framework for Brexit - as defined at present by the UK executive government - s to be decided by a small handful of ministers, with very little regard to either the Westminster Parliament or the devolved governments and parliaments/assemblies of the other nations of what is currently the United Kingdom.
In short, as a part of the United Kingdom, Scotland faces being subjected to the tyranny of the English majority, as articulated by the UK Prime Minister, on behalf of the whole of the ‘one UK‘. The collective ‘we’ (of the one UK) have voted to leave, so shut up and get on with it Scotland, even though you don’t want it. Opposition to such a position is then labelled as ‘divisive nationalism‘.
In response to this, if the SNP government do follow through with the plan for a second independence referendum, then there is a very strong chance that Scotland may vote ‘Yes’ this time.
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