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Scottish nationals have two supra-national citizenships. One is UK citizenship, the second is EU citizenship. In democratic referenda over the past two years, Scots have voted clearly to retain both citizenships.
Unfortunately it is not possible to respect both democratic decisions of the Scottish people, due to a vote by other nationalities. So where you have democratic decisions which cannot both be implemented, which does democracy demand should take precedence?
It is not a simple question. The vote to retain EU citizenship was more recent and carried a much larger majority than the earlier vote. In addition it was made crystal clear during the campaign that it may require the overturning of the earlier vote. So on these grounds I believe the most recent vote must, as an exercise in democracy, have precedence.
In these circumstances the announcement by the First Minister that she is initiating the procedure on a new referendum for Scottish independence from the UK, in order to retain Scottish membership of the EU, is a sensible step.
Source: Craig Murray
Craig Murray is an author, broadcaster and human rights activist. He was British Ambassador to Uzbekistan from August 2002 to October 2004 and Rector of the University of Dundee from 2007 to 2010.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Saturday June 25 2016, @08:32PM
It's not too late to reverse in any logical sense, but it might be political suicide to do so. Britain has to ask to withdraw to actually start the process, and a non-binding referendum doesn't count as that.
OTOH, the Prime Minister has said he's going to resign before October..and he's probably not going to ask for withdrawal, as he has been continually opposed to it. One can only guess who his successor will be, or what his policies.
That said, Scotland may need to withdraw from the UK BEFORE the UK applies to withdraw from the EU in order to have the best chance of being accepted/retained as an EU member. And they appear to be moving along a path intended to expedite that.
Also, the UK had negotiated a series of concessions from the EU that were contingent upon BREXIT failing. So those concessions are gone, and the negotiators are upset over having wasted their time. And that means high level EU officials are unhappy with Britain. Yesterday they were saying, paraphrased, "Don't let the door slam behind you.", but today they appear to be a bit less antagonistic (in public).
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