Comments by "Nigel Johnson" (@nigeljohnson9820) on "Scotland: SNP seeks mandate for fresh independence referendum" video.

  1. Then they will want to rejoin the eu, but they have a £40 billion deficit, which will only get bigger if Scotland becomes independent. While the eu will certainly relish the post brexit breakup of the uk, as it sees it as punishment, it is unlikely to want to inherit the resulting financial burden. This is evident by its attitude towards Irish reunification, which is manana, but with a lot less urgency. For the Scots, like the Irish, independence followed by joining the eu, is like gaining a pound and promptly giving it away in exchange for a old penny.
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  2.  @chriswood3252  I remind you that macron even suggested this. By the way the uk economy prospects are actually look better since leaving.
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  3.  @chriswood3252  I anticipated that it would take a decade to recover from the EU parasite infection, but there are indications that it will be much quicker. The UK will benefit from any attempts to the reunification of Ireland, and it will certainly damage the EU. Independence for Scotland will damage England and be a disaster for Scotland. When the financial mathematics are done, I doubt if the EU will be keen to allow Scotland join the EU, and if it dies the Scots will quickly come to regret the move. Politically, the EU may allow Scotland to join, if for no other reason that to demonstrate the failure of brexit, necessary to stop any of the original members following the UK example. France, Italy and Germany may decide to leave. Macron has said, that given the vote, the French would vote to leave. The EU is recruiting, as it must as a Ponzi scheme, but the quality of potential new members is falling, and risks upsetting Putin's Russia.
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  4.  @williamfraser5593  a perfect comment on the EU.
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  5.  @Alex-pj8nz  it may be a problem for spain.
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  6.  @chriswood3252  more importantly imports from the EU have fallen. The first step to providing a playing field on which uk manufacturing can recover, supplying the local market without competition from the eu.
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  7.  @kukulroukul4698  money where?
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  8.  @Just_another_Euro_dude  I suggest you check your facts and take a look at the posts of the Irish independence party, they are far better at explaining the real state of the republic than I. You might like to examine the level of debt that the EU has committed the republic to repaying, and where that money is going..
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  9.  @Duck-wc9de  so Portugal would be happy for Scotland to join as a net recipient from the EU budget?
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  10.  @Duck-wc9de  France will be paying for the recovery of the rest of the eu, just like Germany.
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  11.  @Duck-wc9de  Ireland is not a success. As is evident from the Irish independence ( freedom) party videos. The EU is piling debt onto the republic of ireland. There is a myth the eurocrates like to propagate, that what is good for one member state is good for all. What makes you think Portugal is that much different to other member states. Portugal is in the eurozone, yet you have problems with your government, that in itself is telling.
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