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Originally Posted by iheartthed
The divorce would be incredibly messy. It would be like a state trying to leave the U.S. I don't know if the UK serves Scotland better than the EU, though. It seems like UK politics are mostly driven by England's interests.
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England got too big and as Britain is a representative democracy, UK and England are pretty much the same thing these days.
The good thing about Britain is how they're very cool about their separatism movements: no bitterness whatsoever, and we'll probably have another one referendum in the future. When we compare to other countries, it's legally and politically impossible for such movements. Support for Scotland separatism is probably slightly bigger in England than in Scotland itself.
But sure, regardless how peaceful and orderly this separation occurs, it will be a massive nightmare. Imagine the bureaucracy, political issues, the economic shift Scotland should be under, specially if they want to join EU. A massive waste of time and energy.
I don't like provincialism, I believe bigger states/organizations work better, providing more opportunities for overall population, so I prefer Britain to remain united. But that's up with people living in those places.