That ignores the much larger difference between statehood and lack of it. I'm not arguing for Scottish independence, but it's dishonest to pretend they wouldn't exercise more sovereign… (View Post)

It's complicated, with (again) rising Chinese competition, along with the US now wanting to reshore manufacturing, but again the UK losing single market access to one of the world's largest… (View Post)

. It's an absurd exaggeration to say that "manufacturing is gone". Certainly both the UK and the EU have been dramatically affected by Chinese competition, but both retain significant … (View Post)

It's not really an irony. The Scots can quite reasonably take the view that they would have considerably more sovereignty as a nation state member of the EU than they have as a subordinate part … (View Post)

How does the US "suspend Spain from the alliance" ? To do so would be to de facto leave NATO. Pillocks. (View Post)