https://leftfootforward.org/2017/03/watch-first-round-of-indyref2-may-and-robertson-clash-on-scotland-and-article-50-at-pmqs/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Thu, 16 Mar 2017 10:25:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://leftfootforward.org/2017/03/watch-first-round-of-indyref2-may-and-robertson-clash-on-scotland-and-article-50-at-pmqs/#comment-879645 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 23:36:34 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=119725#comment-879645 Couldn’t agree more John. However, specifying 300 years ignores the fact that prior to 1707 Scotland had been a sovereign nation for millennia and, unlike England, had resisted both major nation-changing occupations. So one might say the Union is only 300 years young!

]]> https://leftfootforward.org/2017/03/watch-first-round-of-indyref2-may-and-robertson-clash-on-scotland-and-article-50-at-pmqs/#comment-879570 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:40:15 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=119725#comment-879570 […] See: WATCH: First round of IndyRef2? May and Robertson clash on Scotland and Article 50 at PMQs […]

]]> https://leftfootforward.org/2017/03/watch-first-round-of-indyref2-may-and-robertson-clash-on-scotland-and-article-50-at-pmqs/#comment-879556 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:41:10 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=119725#comment-879556 She’s not wrong about Scotland leaving the EU either way, and the problem still exists that forming a country after 300 years of unification will be problematic but, at the end of the day, if that is what Scotland, and the Scottish, truly want she has no mandate to stand in their way.

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