I heard that Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales leaders are planning to meet to break up UK. Is it really true? Anyone from UK here who can tell me what is actually happening there?

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[–] 34 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Something they came to regret after brexit. I doubt the vote would be the same today.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    I haven't looked at it recently but it was a close vote, like withing a couple percentage points.
    I doubt any of the current parties have the political capital to run the vote again in the near future.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    The Scottish wanted to do a new vote after the Brexit was voted in, but that was quickly shut down by the UK government.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    It was understood to be a once in a generation vote. People can’t just leave in a strop just because things change. That’s what things do.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Sure, but "things change" sounds like something relatively minor, Brexit was a major history altering event.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    Which happens in the voyage of a country. It isn’t about convenience.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    It isn’t about convenience.

    I could make the same argument for the Scottish trying to recast their "once in a generation" vote. Also, a generation is about twenty years, so for the sake of arguing you could expect another vote in 2034.

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