(10-07-2016, 01:45)0762 Wrote: Be reasonably optimistic that you live in Scotland Fredster as I believe we will eventually be led out of the mire to a more positive future than many of our critics think possible! The criticisms/fears like mass immigration and threats to NHS servs etc are mere 'snapshots' compared with the overall benefits that the EU provided! God help all those folk down south when it finally sinks in that Brexit was a huge mistake in real terms and that will be borne out in years to come as it already appears that another recession is looming ever closer.
Spot on.
Its not the EUs role to change the status quo,although their attitude towards zero hour contracts for instance is a bit different to the tories. The political vacuum down south has contributed to this vote IMO and thats only going to get worse with labour tearing itself apart and the tories set to do a UKIP and lurch to the right.
There is no way brexit will happen in the way the leave voters envisaged,Prior to the referendum it was as clear as day that there wasn't a consensus view of what Brexit was supposed to achieve and it's obvious that the vast majority who supported it did so for reasons that simply aren't going to happen.
Less migration???: that's not going to happen. Might get a few less Slavs, but we'll need a lot more Indians...
Sovereignty for Britain???: if you want access to global markets from a position of weakness, you'll need to accept the rules of the game
We want our country back???: the only thing that'll do that is a xxxx DeLorean and a flux capacitor. 1955 was a long time ago.
The anti-elite vote????: it wasn't about that, sorry if you thought it was.
Independence is the only way for scotland out this clusterfuck.