Has anyone in the SNP addressed the need for a hard border between Scotland and the rUK if they join the EU, anyone?
The EU though isn’t going to guarantee that, it simply can’t. The EU can only make a decision on the time it is proposed, because it’s only then can the EU review Scotland as a potential member and see what work it needs to do before it can join as a member. There is also potential for negotiations to occur around its membership bill and how much it receives a portion of the budget.
British Unionists are always going to drum on about how the EU won’t guarantee Scotland, because it knows it simply can’t do that. It’s a cheap way to reinforce to the Scottish public “Look, the EU don’t want you, just stay with the UK”, when that isn’t the case.
The problem for Scotland is that it won’t get a tailor-made offer. No Northern Ireland Protocol 2 which basically allows being part of both markets (and is an awesome deal to prosper except if your politicians are thick as DUP). So who has the balls to tell the Scots that EU membership means a economy-wrecking border between itself and its main trading partner? Different currency? Families being split apart? Scotland does not want to be in the EU without England.
An independent Scotland as an EU member will introduce lots of new problems, with the UK, with other EU members that have independence movements (hello Spain) and new countries based on ethnic nationalism aren’t exactly en vogue either at the moment.
Given that there isn’t going to be another independence referendum any time soon, the question becomes pretty academic.
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Has anyone in the SNP addressed the need for a hard border between Scotland and the rUK if they join the EU, anyone?
The EU though isn’t going to guarantee that, it simply can’t. The EU can only make a decision on the time it is proposed, because it’s only then can the EU review Scotland as a potential member and see what work it needs to do before it can join as a member. There is also potential for negotiations to occur around its membership bill and how much it receives a portion of the budget.
British Unionists are always going to drum on about how the EU won’t guarantee Scotland, because it knows it simply can’t do that. It’s a cheap way to reinforce to the Scottish public “Look, the EU don’t want you, just stay with the UK”, when that isn’t the case.
The problem for Scotland is that it won’t get a tailor-made offer. No Northern Ireland Protocol 2 which basically allows being part of both markets (and is an awesome deal to prosper except if your politicians are thick as DUP). So who has the balls to tell the Scots that EU membership means a economy-wrecking border between itself and its main trading partner? Different currency? Families being split apart? Scotland does not want to be in the EU without England.
An independent Scotland as an EU member will introduce lots of new problems, with the UK, with other EU members that have independence movements (hello Spain) and new countries based on ethnic nationalism aren’t exactly en vogue either at the moment.
Given that there isn’t going to be another independence referendum any time soon, the question becomes pretty academic.