Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 2nd February, 2020

2nd February, 2020.

Yes: I have a quiet Sunday ahead, today.

Well, I say quiet … 

Frankly, it all depend on how noisy my washing machine gets!

It does make a racket … 

Which is why I didn’t switch it on, last night: it would’ve interrupted For All Mankind.

And why I’m not planning to clean anything when Dr Who’s on, tonight.

Ahem!

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About Brexit?

You and I both know that — in 2014 — Scotland had an Independence referendum … one that saw Scotland decide to remain in the UK.

With the EU Referendum, in 2016?

The UK decided to leave: something I believe we are going to regret.

Especially when you consider the Scottish Nationalists — who now form the majority of Westminster MPs — have taken that as a mandate to hold a second Independence referendum.

As the 2016 referenda show a majority of Scots wanted to stay in the EU.

Frankly?

Given the money, I’d love to move to an independent Scotland, that was an EU member.

It’s about the only way I’d be able to remain an EU citizen.

Given that … ?

The fact former EU president, Donald Tusk, has announced he’s sympathetic to a second such referendum?

Sympathetic — with caveats — to Scotland joining the EU?

Given that, I think a second Scottish Independence referendum is a good thing.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Thinking — 14-3-2017

I don’t know if you follow the news … but Britain’s a political animal.

One that, right now?

One that’s barking.

If you’ll forgive the pun.

A couple of years ago, now?   Scotland voted against independence: voting to remain a part of the UK.

Last years?

Britain voted to leave the EU.   The arguments about that, ever since, have been … loud.

Noticeably?   Because, while the people of the UK, overall, voted to leave … the majority in Northern Ireland, and Scotland, voted to remain.

I don’t know about Northern Ireland.   But in Scotland, the Scottish Nationalists have a large number of MSPs: as a result of the most recent elections.

In the manifesto for that election?   SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, made a promise to hold a second referendum: if it was felt things had seriously changed for Scotland.

Last years’s Brexit vote?   Was that change.

A change that saw the Scottish First Minister announce, yesterday, that she would be seeking to hold a second independence referendum.

I really can’t say I blame her for doing so.

Were I a Scottish resident, for that second independence vote?   And given that I voted remain?

To hell with the consequences.

I’d be voting for independence.

To leave the UK, so I could remain in the EU.

That’s going to annoy a lot of those who voted to leave the EU.

But yesterday’s announcement was implicit in the Brexit results.

Anyone complaining?

Should maybe have read the SNP manifesto, before the election … 

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After all that politics?

We should maybe move on to something lighter.

Or, at least tell you the BBC have released the latest trailer of Dr Who’s tenth season.

And?   I think we can say that’s a Mondasian Cyberman in there.

AND a Ice … something … 

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