I'm afraid it's very likely to happen

once they are already independent the Basque/Catalan issue diminishes.

They will already meet most if not all accession criteria. There isn't really any reason for the EU to not let them in (vis a vis everyone else they have been courting to join).

It's what Scotland can bring to the party vs the inevitable EU aid they will require, but there is a far more compelling argument to have Scotland in than the likes of Kosovo, and they will be stronger members than the likes of Malta and Cyprus.

Especially when financial institutions in London start to remember their Scottish roots and decamp north of the border...

Posted By: CWC on March 14th 2017 at 10:56:41

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Feeling very blue about Joxit this morning (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 14, 08:38:22
- There's a place in your heart (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 14, 09:13:06
  - Girl... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 14, 09:15:43
- Good luck to 'em. (General Chat) - bird table, Mar 14, 09:12:23
  - 'fearful dump' bit of a drama queen eh - feck all has really happened yet. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Mar 14, 14:55:20
    - Mm... don't know about that. (n/m) (General Chat) - bird table, Mar 14, 15:08:11
- They voted to stay and they ain't got that... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Mar 14, 09:00:51
  - poor them (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Mar 14, 14:50:39
- Same thing here in Aus with the rise of "Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party" (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Mar 14, 08:58:26
  - It is about more complicated than that in this case though (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 14, 09:03:49
    - oi I live in the fens and I voted remain I'll have you know! (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Mar 14, 14:51:56
    - What would really screw us up is of the EU agreed to take Scotland if they left the UK (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 14, 09:30:52
      - I'm afraid it's very likely to happen (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 14, 10:56:41
        
        Oh I appreciate that i meant if the EU agreed to it in advance of (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 14, 11:57:10
      - no, what's not likely to happen is an immediate entry into the EU, a future EU membership (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 14, 09:52:18
        
        both sides will tie themselves up in hypocritical knots (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 14, 10:53:05
        
        Brexit already is a leap into the unknown though (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 14, 11:32:37
        
        oh indeed (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 14, 11:49:00
    - Oh yes, I understand that. (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Mar 14, 09:12:35
- I worked on shift with a Pro Nat.. (General Chat) - colincanary, Mar 14, 08:48:58
- Looks like opportunism. Sure the good people of Scotland will see through it. (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Mar 14, 08:44:27
  - But look at how many SNP MPs they elected at the last general election (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 14, 08:49:44
    - Also, I think they assumed IndyRef 1 would be a walkover. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Mar 14, 09:02:15
    - Hopefully they will have learnt from the Brexit referendum and will (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 14, 08:56:42
      - Which is exactly how Cameron fucked us over with Brexit (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 14, 08:58:55
- It's pretty depressing stuff right now (n/m) (General Chat) - Taxi 4 Johnson, Mar 14, 08:40:15

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