Oh, I accept, and understand your hypothetical maths, I just don't think that Scotland is actually all that radically different from the UK as a whole.
It's current (apparent) political biases are more a product of the interaction of local social factors and history that any (necessarily) inherent philosophical philosophies. When I was born, the Unionists were, by far, the dominant party in Scotland.
One doesn't tend to see polls that break down attitudes to EU membership by region. This suggests either that none have been conducted, or that the results weren't interesting (the media would, no doubt, decide a disparity was fascinating but the lack of one was boring as hell).
In any case, Scotland tends to return left-wing MPs to Westminster, and the left-wing parties are pro-EU. So Scottish independence would increase the percentage of eurosceptics in Westminster, or at the very least, increase the power base of eurosceptic parties in Westminster, anyway.
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Date: 2011-10-27 02:07 pm (UTC)It's current (apparent) political biases are more a product of the interaction of local social factors and history that any (necessarily) inherent philosophical philosophies. When I was born, the Unionists were, by far, the dominant party in Scotland.
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Date: 2011-10-27 02:33 pm (UTC)In any case, Scotland tends to return left-wing MPs to Westminster, and the left-wing parties are pro-EU. So Scottish independence would increase the percentage of eurosceptics in Westminster, or at the very least, increase the power base of eurosceptic parties in Westminster, anyway.