UK Politics Thread XII: The Lockdown

[Souseiseki]

It is also entirely possible that a number of nearby countries, out of the goodness of their hearts, will be more than willing to provide the Republic of Scotland with a variety of decently priced military hardware.

Just say the French.

unironically getting the EU to support scotland to troll the english would be master stroke of foreign policy and secure us for the next 15-30 years

[Hurdergaryp]

Just say the French.

unironically getting the EU to support scotland to troll the english would be master stroke of foreign policy and secure us for the next 15-30 years

And even if Spain vetoes a full EU membership of Scotland, there is no reason why Scotland can't be offered the same deal as, let's say, Norway.

[The New California Republic]

That was actually one of the questions I had during the independence referendum: where would Scotland obtain military hardware from? The rUK likely wouldn't sell it to them, and I can guarantee they'd remove everything when the MOD bases were withdrawn.

Somehow I don't think that the same people who routinely sign off on sales of arms to Saudi Arabia will balk at the idea of taking a few hundred million of these strange new Scottish pounds for some guns and tanks and maybe a wee warship.

...

...I suppose you are right.

[Neutraligon]

And locked due to the limit. Enjoy that new thread smell when it pops up!