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# 8D
RE: Independence - it's in the hands of the Scots to change it, if they so desire.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 19:45, archived)
# Pretty much my opinion
Though I know a lot of Scots who live in London, I do wonder how it would affect them.
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 19:54, archived)
# Repatriation?
(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Wed 25 Jan 2012, 19:59, archived)
# I'd love a Scottish passport
I'd vote for independence if our border controls involve sharp sticks
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 20:04, archived)
# There is a legal argument that
because both countries agreed to the union both must agree to dissolve it.
(I helped save b3ta! edjogs Collared doves are shit., Wed 25 Jan 2012, 19:57, archived)
# True...
But as parliament in the rest of the UK is sovereign it's up-to parliament not the people as such. (In Scotland the people are sovereign not the state so only the people can decide.)

There's your useless fact of the day :-)
(azgiles, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 20:20, archived)
# I think the argument is that neither can split without mutual consent.
If this is not the case watch out for Cornwall.
(I helped save b3ta! edjogs Collared doves are shit., Wed 25 Jan 2012, 20:44, archived)
# Not necessarily
There's precedents that do allow for one nation to declare independence from another without the need for agreement of both (Kosovo for one) and the UN rights of self-determination would (in theory) allow Scotland to declare independence if the people wanted it.

There's also some arguments that since Westminster changed the treaty of the union without the consent of the (original) Scottish Parliament then the treaty has been voided.

But I'm not a lawyer and will be talking bobbins.


(azgiles, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 20:58, archived)