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During the referendum year of 2014 I found it amazing how many northern English people asked if it was possible to vote for the SNP! This was evident on radio phone ins, tv debate progs and various other debating outlets incl social media. There was clearly a problem for many English voters in certain parts of central and northern England and these people were in unison with many of the SNP policies that cover social justice, inclusion, banning Trident, multi-culturalism and endorsing a pluralist society in Scotland to name but a few of the pragmatic policies that were listed in the White Paper. It was also clear how disenfranchised they were from a totally fractured New Labour Party that was 'heading into a blind alley'!! IMO nothing has changed in that respect apart from many of these individuals no doubt being part of this protest Brexit vote that has fractured our country beyond belief. In Scotland we voted to remain in the EU but we also voted to remain in the 'United' Kingdom in the previous referendum of 2014 because it was supposedly 'better together'. We also still gave a decent, albeit not a majority, for the SNP to be our chosen govt for another 4 years!! The UK is currently not a unified country any more and we'll likely be initially forced out of the EU by March next year but that's just the activation of Article 50 and our eventual formal withdrawal will take years, such is the huge legal complication of this process that all these shameless Brexiteers never mentioned or maybe never even realised!!! At some point, millions of Scottish voters will reconsider their position within the UK and within a favoured EU single market and the forthcoming confrontational events with a right-wing Tory govt could well determine the 'mood' of the Scottish population and the 'new way forward' for Scotland as an independent country. I'd wager that many northern Englanders would show the same sentiments again where their 'common enemy' is actually a failed Westminster govt with this current one viewed by many as not even having a proper 'mandate' to be doing what their doing in the lead up to initiate Brexit anyway.