Brexit and the Union

In May 2017, we were on holiday in Scotland.

And everywhere we went in Scotland, we saw the snap election was fought on a single issue north of the border, not that of Brexit, but of opposing "Indy Ref 2".

In running a single issue campaign, the Scottish Conservatives managed to win 13 seats, thus, more that the DUP's supply and confidence deal, Keep May in power.

That the Brexit policy May is running now, again threatens Scottish unity with the rest of UK by giving the SNP a valid reason for calling another independence referendum.

Also, come the day when there is another election, what policy would the Scottish Conservative (and Union) Party campaign on: one from Conservative Central Office that went against the feeling from within Scotland of Brexit and damn the consequences, or their own? And in the run down of the Brexit clock, when push came to shove, when it is clear the majority of Scottish voters, wanted the union and membership of the EU. Were more Scottish voters turn to a party that offered both those things, and the EU said that a newly independent Scotland could jon the EU fast-tracked, what then?

What then of Labour? Scotland was their heartland, and now they are a minority, and under current polling might be reduced to a single Scottish MP, and if that were to be transferred to an election, Labour would stand no chance of being elected without carrying Scottish working class votes. But that is the result of pursuing a Brexit-based policy against the wishes of rank and file members and Conference resolutions.