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[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I am sorry to hear that. And I thought Ireland was bad.

The only solution right now seems to involve putting pressure on politicians. Not by threatening to vote for the alternative parties, because they’re clearly not any better. But by getting together, bringing the numbers up, and being louder than the lobbyists. There are what, 130 MPs in the Scottish Parliament? Versus ~5 million Scots. Politicians should be afraid of the people they rule over. And this can be achieved if lay people get together.

[–]Silverdarling 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We'll see. Scottish people are not going to sit idly by while the Tories take us into a hard brexit pariah state status while they plunder us openly. But neither are the Tories going to give up their last resource-rich colony without a fight. It was always going to come to this one day, but I used to think the international community might care enough to intervene when that day finally came. But I now see that was very naive of me.

And lol - here was me planning on moving to the Irish Republic! My work are happy for me to take my job (and taxes) over the water and move. I know Ireland has many a problem, but it does at least have a future.