An independent Scotland would later be able to re-join the United Kingdom. Yeah, right. What makes him so sure that Scotland would be wanted back in by the rest of the UK? This is as hopeful as the idea that an independent Scotland would automatically be a member of the EU. This man thinks that constitutions can be re-written and re-re-written overnight with no adverse consequences.
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Richard Thomson
29 April 2007 23:59
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That’s not how I took it. Commenting on whether Scotland could return to the UK post-independence (presumably meaning the reinstatement of the Union of the Parliaments), Salmond said:
“It can vote to become independent and it can vote if it so chooses to become un-independent, that’s the prerogative of a nation and Scotland, of course, is a nation.
“It’s a country – it has the right of self-determination. So no, it’s not a one-way street, theoretically a country could do that.”
And theoretically, I suppose it could. However, its also about as likely as me ever running the London Marathon in under 2 1/2 hours. And as you say, the rest of the UK might have something to say about that if it ever were to be mooted in future… the resulting referendum campaign might be interesting though!