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24 June 2016

Ceannard na h-Alba ag ràdh bidh ia 'putadh airson an dàrna referendum neo-eisimeileachd 24JUN16



Pàirt den adhbhar bhòt Alba airson fuireach pert na RA B 'e buannachd a bhith mar phàirt den Aonadh Eòrpach a-nis ann am Breatainn air bhòt an EU fhàgail, agus neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba gluasad mar-thà a' bruidhinn mu eile referendum neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba a bheir cothrom fhaighinn ballrachd san AE. Na h-Alba nach bu chòir a shlaodadh sìos eaconamach còmhla ri Breatainn, chan eil na h-Albannaich ag iarraidh a bhith air an comharrachadh leis an sgiath deas xenophobia, gràin-cinnidh, agus bigotry Shasainn. Ath-nuadhachadh air Alba neo-eisimeileach a dh'fhaodadh a bhith dìreach an aon rud math a 'tighinn bho na thoradh air an BRexit bhòt. Bho  + Washington Post  ..... 
na h-Alba ag ràdh ceannard bidh ia 'putadh airson an dàrna referendum neo-eisimeileachd


  
  ceannardan Albannach a chlòthadh taic Breatainn ballrachd anns an Aonadh Eòrpach rabhadh Dihaoine a dh'fhaodadh a bhith air ath-nuadhachadh iarrtasan airson neo-eisimeileachd an dèidh Bhreatainn luchd-bhòtaidh thionndaidh an druim air an 28 dùthaich bloc.
Nicola Sturgeon, na cheannard air a 'Phàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba, gun robh an dàrna referendum air ballrachd Alba anns an Rìoghachd Aonaichte a bha comasach anns na beagan bhliadhnaichean ri teachd.
Tha seo a dh'fhaodadh a bhith an dàrna referendum thigeadh dà bhliadhna an dèidh pro-EU luchd-bhòtaidh na h-Alba neo-eisimeileachd a dhiùltadh, agus  roghnaich fhathast  air aonadh le Sasainn, a 'Chuimrigh agus Èirinn a Tuath san t-Sultain 2014.
Seo cron a dhèanamh thairis air a 'bhuil a bhean cuideachd an Èirinn a Tuath agus na Cuimrigh, a' tomadh ri ghabhas taobh a-staigh brùthadh reubadh aig an Rìoghachd Aonaichte eadhon mar a tha ea 'coimhead a dh'ionnsaigh an doirbh pròiseas a bhriseadh le a com-pàirtichean Eòrpach.
"Tha a 'bhòt seo a' dèanamh soilleir gu bheil muinntir na h-Alba fhaicinn aca san àm ri teachd mar phàirt den Aonadh Eòrpach," thuirt aithris le Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba, a tha a 'cur ris gum biodh "buaidh" to toradh an referendum ann am Breatainn.
Ann Diardaoin bhòt, luchd-bhòtaidh na h-Alba taic an "Remain" le iomairt mhòr air iomall, leis a h-uile sgìre san dùthaich a 'bhòtadh ann am fàbhar a' fuireach anns an Aonadh Eòrpach
Seasgad 'sa dhà às a' cheud de luchd-bhòtaidh taic Remain, an coimeas ri dìreach 47 sa cheud ann an Sasainn.
Sturgeon  ag ràdh ann an aithris  tràth Dihaoine a bheil i dùthaich "lìbhrigeadh làidir, soilleir bhòt airson fuireach anns an EU"
Ailig Salmond, air cùl na h-Alba 2014 referendum neo-eisimeileachd, thuirt madainn Dihaoine gun robh e sùileachadh Sturgeon a 'tòiseachadh ann am pròiseas sireadh eile referendum na h-Alba, mar a chithear sa phàrtaidh 2016 manifesto.
A rèir sin  sgrìobhainn , "na h-Alba gan toirt a-mach an Aonaidh Eòrpaich an aghaidh ar toil" a 'toirt Pàrlamaid na h-Alba "air an làimh dheis a chumail referendum eile."
"Tha co-dhùnaidhean buaidh," Fiona Hyslop, cùisean taobh a-muigh na h-Alba ministear, dh'innis Luchd-clàraidh madainn Dihaoine. "Ma tha an Rìoghachd Aonaichte air a dhèanamh an aghaidh co-dhùnadh an ùidhean na h-Alba daoine a bhios a bheil buaidh."
Mar an ceudna, ann an Èirinn a Tuath, 11 de 18 roinnean-taghaidh 'toirt taic do Remain iomairt
Sinn fèin, na h-Èireann nàiseantach pàrtaidh a choisrigeadh gu crìoch Bhreatainn uachdranas laghail air Èirinn a Tuath, anns a 'bhad gun robh an Brexit toraidhean air fhìreanachadh aonaichte Èirinn. Tha Poblachd na h-Èireann fhathast na ball den Aonadh Eòrpach, 's mar sin nuair a Bhreatainn a' fàgail an Aonaidh, Emerald Isle a-nis tha loidhne ùr de balla-dealachaidh.
"English bhòtaichean air car deamocratach toil an Èirinn a Tuath," Declan Kearney, Sinn fèin nàiseanta cathraiche, ag ràdh ann an aithris madainn Dihaoine.
"Tha riaghaltas Bhreatainn air arfuntachadh sam bith mandat a riochdachadh eaconamach no phoilitigeach air ùidhean dhaoine ann an Èirinn a Tuath."
Sa Chuimrigh, Prìomh Mhinistear Carwyn Jones a bha gu luath a chur an cèill diumbadh leis a 'bhòt. Ann an aithris, Jones ag ràdh gun robh an referendum a bha gàrraidhean air fad airson an ath-obrachadh na dàimhean taobh a-staigh na Rìoghachd Aonaichte, a 'cur na dùthcha a-steach "gu tur eadar-dhealaichte grèim na coise."
JK Rowling, na h-Alba ùghdar an fhèill leabhraichean Harry Potter, suas air Twitter air Dihaoine gu bheil na h-Alba gu deimhin "iarraidh neo-eisimeileachd a-nis."
Ann an 2014, bha Rowling a thoirt seachad 1 millean not ($ 1.38 millean) an aghaidh an t-adhbhar na h-Alba neo-eisimeileachd, ag argamaid airson an aonaidh lean of Great Britain.
"Cameron dìleab Thèid briseadh suas dà aonaidhean," sgrìobh i Dihaoine de Prìomh Mhinistear Bhreatainn. "Cha mhò a tha a dhìth gus a 'tachairt."
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Breatainn chrathaidhean t-saoghail: briseadh le Aonadh Eòrpach, Bhreatainn ceannard na ceuman sìos 24JUN16


NA RA a 'bhòtadh airson a' fàgail an AE / Aonadh Eòrpach. Aineolas, sanntach agus gràin-cinnidh a bhuannaich bhòt seo, agus na Brits bidh pàigheadh ​​air a shon. 'S e seo rabhadh do luchd-bhòtaidh ann an Ameireaga agus deamocratach poblachdach agus pàrtaidhean? 'S e, oir an aon innleachdan gan cleachdadh le Dòmhnall drumpf ann an iomairt aige airson an ceannas. BRexit ceannardan a chluich bochd agus ag obair clasaichean aghaidh in-imrich agus a 'stèidheachadh (far a bheil iad nam pàirt de), gluasad eaconamach neo-thèarainnteachd agus suain gràin-cinnidh agus bigotry anns an iomairt aca. Tha a 'bhòt an EU fhàgail, a' nochdadh fìor Breatainn, eilean beag le mòr-chuid de xenophobic, nàiseantaich, gràin-cinnidh, agus bigoted anabarrach aineolach daoine a 'smaoineachadh a tha iad air thoiseach air a' chòrr den t-saoghal, an Imperial, ìmpireachd inntinn.Bidh iad a 'faighinn a-mach a dh'aithghearr nach eil iad a h-uile iad a' smaoineachadh a tha iad. 'S e seo far a bheil an rabhadh mu Dhòmhnall drumpf a' tighinn ann. Chan eil e a 'tabhann plana sam bith no poileasaidhean gus piseach a thoirt air beatha nan daoine bochda, ag obair no clas meadhan-chlas, gus dèiligeadh ri agus a' cur às an cois neo-thèarainnteachd eaconamach fhathast plaguing na dùthcha an dèidh 2008 chrìonadh san eaconamaidh. Tha ea 'cluich diofar bhuidhnean de dhaoine an aghaidh a chèile, bochd vs beairteach, mion vs geal, intellectuals vs nas lugha ionnsaichte (chan eil seo a' ciallachadh intellectuals vs gòrach), Libearalaich vs Tòraidh, Crìosdaidhean vs uile creideamhan eile. Tha e na laighe, distorts an fhìrinn, manipulates eagal agus suain gràin-cinnidh agus bigotry agus deceives a dhèanamh daoine a 'creidsinn a h-uile daoine eile nach toigh dhiubh conspiring aghaidh. Ma tha Dòmhnall drumpf bhuannaicheas an ceann-suidhe na thoradh air a bhith a 'stèidheachadh eaconamach, na 1%, bidh fheairrde gu mòr aig cosgais na h-uile h-Ameireaganaich, nam measg an fheadhainn a thaghadh dha. Dìreach mar a 'mhuinntir na RA bidh pàigheadh ​​eaconamach airson bhòtadh an EU fhàgail, agus mar sin ro Ameireaganach bidh daoine a' pàigheadh ​​eaconamach ma drumpf ga thaghadh Ceann-suidhe. Bho  + Washington Post  ..... 
Breatainn chrathaidhean t-saoghail: briseadh le Aonadh Eòrpach, Bhreatainn ceannard na ceuman sìos
  

  Bhreatainn luchd-bhòtaidh a sheas na stiùirichean aca agus eadar-nàiseanta caidrich le gearradh ceangal ris an Aonadh Eòrpach ann an àlainn thoradh Dihaoine sin thilg margaidhean ionmhais a-steach mì-riaghailt, 'fheudar Prìomhaire Bhreatainn air a dhreuchd fhàgail agus Unleashed ùr neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba le bhith a' feuchainn.
Mar Breatainn ghabhail a-steach an talamh air chrith-naidheachd, poilitigeach Fallout ràinig gus an ìre as àirde ris a 'Phrìomhaire Dàibhidh Camshron ag ràdh gum biodh e ceum sìos an dèidh diùlnachadh an iomairt gus fuireach anns an Aonadh Eòrpach.
Dìreach uair a thìde an dèidh sin, ceannard ann mòr pro-EU na h-Alba, Nicola Sturgeon, thuirt i gum putadh airson aige fhèin referendum a bhriseadh le Sasainn agus an dithis eile a com-pàirtichean anns an Rìoghachd Aonaichte, a 'Chuimrigh agus Èirinn a Tuath.
Chaidh an dàrna referendum neo-eisimeileachd, an dèidh ruaig a chur air a 'bhòt ann an 2014, a tha "gu mòr coltach," arsa Sturgeon, na h-Alba a' chiad mhinistear. Tha gairmean gu briseadh air falbh bha ea 'toirt samhla le nàiseantaich ann an Èirinn a Tuath.
Ann an faireachail seòladh taobh a-muigh 10 Sràid Downing, thuirt Camshron na dùthcha a-nis airidh "ceannas ùr" ann an aghaidh na chaidh a dhiùltadh ann Diardaoin referendum.Camshron, a tha a 'còrdadh dlùth dhàimh le Ceann-suidhe Obama,  thuirt e an dòchas prìomhaire ùr a dh'fhaodadh a bhith ann an àite le Dàmhair.
Tha an co-dhùnadh gu h-èifeachdach dàil toiseach sgaradh-pòsaidh air adhart le Bhreatainn 27 com-pàirtichean eile an Aonaidh Eòrpaich. Camshron ag ràdh nach robh ach an dèidh a 'gluasad ann an ceannardas bhiodh na dùthcha rithist an pròiseas foirmeil air a tharraing air ais bhon Aonadh Eòrpach - trice canar Brexit - a tha còir a ghabhail dà bhliadhna a' tòiseachadh aon uair 's gu h-oifigeil.
Ach fiù 's mar na ceumannan airson fàgail Bhreatainn a chur air greim, grad-chlisgeadh tonn resonated anns gach stiùiridhean.
The British not plummeted aice an ìre as ìsle an aghaidh a 'dolair bho 1985, agus stoc margaidhean tuiteam gu mòr air feadh an t-saoghail.
A 'mhargaidh gyrations Dh'èirich Riaghladair Banca Shasainn Mark Carney gus feuchainn ri fois-tasgaidh le aithris a' tagradh gu bheil am banca a bha "gu math ullaichte" airson an referendum builean. Tha an àrd-bhanca, Carney thubhairt e, bha deiseil airson eadar-theachd gu Prop suas an eaconamaidh.
Ann beachdan aige, Camshron cuideachd a 'sireadh a' tabhann fois-inntinn do jittery margaidhean, ag iarraidh am Breatainn eaconamaidh "fuaim bunaiteach" agus ag ràdh nach biodh dàil atharrachaidhean ann an inbhe in-imrichean anns an dùthaich.
"Tha mi a h-uile ni 's urrainn dhomh mar Phrìomh Mhinistear gu cunbhalach a' bhàta a 'tighinn thairis air na seachdainean agus mìosan," thuirt e ri a bhean Samantha na seasamh aig a taobh. "Ach chan eil mi a 'smaoineachadh gum biodh e ceart dhomhsa gus feuchainn ri bhith na chaiptean gun steers na dùthcha againn gus an ath cheann-uidhe."
An dèidh dha naidheachd, Camshron a chaidh fhuadach an dèidh madainn Dihaoine gu Lùchairt Bhuckingham airson an luchd-èisteachd ris a 'bhanrigh .
Camshron co-dhùnadh gu ceum sìos sa bhad 'cur taobh a-staigh poilitigeach buaireas a-steach tiotan a bha mar-thà grod le mì-chinnt agus troimhe-chèile.
Tha e Dh'fhalbh an tiotan farpais airson àite dha, le seann Àrd-bhàillidh Lunnainn Boris MacIain - a tha air thoiseach ann an iomairt an-aghaidh an AE iomairt - beachdachadh an-aghaidh air as fheàrr.
An uncharacteristically droch agus fiù 's somber Johnson Luchd-clàraidh dh'innis e "duilich" mu Cameron a' fàgail. Thug e iomradh air Camshron, longtime charaid agus co-fharpaisich, mar "aon de na mhòr-chuid iongantach de luchd-poilitigs againn aois."
Tha mop donn Johnson ag ràdh nach robh co-dhiù a bhiodh e a 'sireadh Camshron obair. Cha robh e a 'moladh airson luchd-bhòtaidh cur cul ris an Aonadh Eòrpach, a tha e air a mhìneachadh mar "uasal beachd aig an àm" ach aon sin ", chan eil ceart airson na dùthcha seo."
Chamshroin ionaid cha tèid a thaghadh leis a 'phoball choitcheann, ach an àite ann an taobh a-staigh pròiseas a Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach.
Tha e air leth coltach gun neach a tha a thog bidh tuilleadh ris an làimh dheis na poilitigeach Camshron. Bhon a 'tighinn gu oifis ann an 2010, bha Camshron air a' sireadh a 'gluasad a' phàrtaidh poileataigeach a dh'ionnsuidh an ionad, 'diùlnachadh gèidh pòsadh agus a' gabhail nas buige loidhne air in-imrich na cuid anns a 'phàrtaidh a bha a' sireadh. Ach a repudiation thar an Aonadh Eòrpach - 'faighinn a connaidh le anti-in-imrich seo cron a dhèanamh - bidh buailtiche fàgail a' phàrtaidh còir-uachdranas sgiath.
Johnson Chaidh mobbed taobh a-muigh an taigh aige ann an ceann a tuath Lunnainn tràth Dihaoine, le cuid moladh dha, ach fada nas jeering fear a bha mòran pro-EU Lunnainn coireachadh airson an toradh Diardaoin referendum. "Mo nàire ort!" cuid dh'èigh.
Bicyclists an dèidh sin a 'feuchainn ri bacadh a chur air MacIain a' chàr mar a rinn e an t-slighe tron ​​bhaile ionad.
Tha a 'bhòt thoradh bidh Rattle oifigich ann an Washington. Obama Rinn àrd-inbhe ùrnaigh do mhuinntir Bhreatainn a 'fuireach. Bha e dheidhinn air toradh an referendum, an Taigh Gheal, ag ràdh, agus nach robh dùil bruidhinn ri Camshron ann an ath latha. Presumptive tagraiche a 'Phàrtaidh Phoblachdaich Dòmhnall Trump, a bha ann an Alba air Dihaoine fhosgladh raon goilf, le taic Brexit.
Dh'iarr Luchd-clàraidh mu dheidhinn a 'bhòt mar a bha e air chuairt aige cùrsa air fonn poca' phìob, Trump air Dihaoine ghairm e "an ni mhòr so."
"Thug iad air ais an dùthaich," thuirt Trump, a sported geal "Make America Great rithist" ceap."Sin an ni mhòr so."
Tha an referendum a tha 's dòcha cho iongantach gu ruige seo ann an tonn de populist nàiseantach agus strì a' tachairt air gach taobh den Chuan Shiar a tha overturning traidiseanta beachdan air dè a tha poilitigeach sa ghabhas.
Tha e cuideachd a bheir buaidh mhòr a thoirt air an Aonadh Eòrpach, a bhios a 'call mòr armailteach is dioplòmasach cumhachd taobh a-staigh rangannan. "Tha seo a 'coimhead ri bhith muladach latha airson an Roinn Eòrpa agus Breatainn," ars' Ghearmailt cèin ministear, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Airson mìosan, ann am Breatainn poilitigeach agus eaconamach uaislean a bha a 'coimhead air leis a' fàs mar apprehension na dùthcha flirted le roghainn - trice canar Brexit - gu bheil eòlaichean bha rabhadh  dh'fhaodadh sin an stiùireadh gu cruinneil chrìonadh san eaconamaidh agus ann an RIP Siar caidreachas. Tha a 'bhòt dh'fhaodadh seo leantainn gu  na h-Alba Briseadh às dèidh briseadh  agus thog gill airson a ghabhas rannsachadh nas fharsainge AE.
Ach as sgrùdairean bha dùil seo pragmatically mhòrchuiseach dùthaich bhiodh a 'cheann thall air ais air falbh bhon a' gluasad, agus roghnachadh a chumail ann am Breatainn ann an bhuidheann air a mheas mar carragh na cruinne eaconamach agus poilitigeach òrdugh.
An àite sin, a 'mhòr-chuid de luchd-bhòtaidh Bhreatainn heeded ghairm de pro-Brexit iomairt a' saoradh na dùthcha bho dè mòran an seo a thaobh mar ainneartach Bhruiseal biurocrasaidh a bheir cothrom mòr-imrich a-steach don dùthaich.
"Leig an 23mh Ògmhios dhol sìos ann an eachdraidh againn mar ar neo-eisimeileachd latha!" Ghlaodh a jubilant  Nigel Farage , a dh'iarraidh aithinne anti-stiùiriche an Aonaidh Eòrpaich, ann an 4 Am subhachais. All mu thimcheall air, "fàgail" luchd-iomairt clinked phinnt leann agus iollach aca improbable buaidh.
Nuair a dhùin cunntasan sia uairean a thìde na bu tràithe, bha a h-uile Farage ach gabhail ris call, ag ràdh ea 'creidsinn "fuireach" Bha bhuannaich. Ach mar thoradh air a dhòrtadh ann an tron ​​oidhche Dhiardaoin agus a-steach an uairean moch Dihaoine, an "fuireach" campa bha a 'sìor fhàs despairing.
Mu treas cuid de thoraidhean a bha fhathast ri bhi air a chunntadh mar de 4 Am ionadail àm. Ach a 'BhBC aithris gu bheil "fàgail" a bha air an insurmountable luaidhe.
Ann an deireadh, "fàgail" bhuannaich le còrr is millean bhòtaichean - a-mach à cuid de 33 millean cumte, no faisg air trì-chairteal de luchd-bhòtaidh ion-roghnach. Ann an ceudadan, an 52-48 pro-Brexit sgaradh a bha a 'mhiùtach dè dheireannach cunntasan bheachd a bha dùil.
Tha na toraidhean a thàinig às dèidh 15 uairean a thìde de bhòtaidh, bho na h-eileanan iomallach na h-Alba gu bharr Gibraltar. Tha toradh am follais mhòr sgaraidhean - le mòr bhuaidh oirean airson "fuireach" gu math soirbheachail ann an ceàrn cathaireil ionadan mar Lunnainn agus a cheart cho fìor dheagh buadhachas airson "fàgail a" ann am bailtean beaga, agus a 'strì an sgìrean dùthchail, an dèidh bailtean gnìomhachais.
Ann an telebhisean agallamhan, "fhathast" taic sheall daoine a 'fulang agus an dùil mhòr-thubaist.
"Gun cuidicheadh ​​Dia ar dùthcha," Twitter Paddy Ashdown, a bha roimhe na ceannard Libearalaich Dheamocratach agus an outspoken AE tagraidh.
Tha "fàgail" iomairt lorg daingeann cruinneachaidh glaodh leis a 'ghairm airson luchd-bhòtaidh ri "Take Back Control,"' slogans gun resonated am measg an luchd-bhòtaidh tinn aig fois le chlàr ìrean in-imrich - mòran dheth bhon Roinn Eòrpa fo EU saor-gluasad poileasaidh .
Bhòtaidhean moladh gum "fàgail" alienated cuid de luchd-bhòtaidh a 'cur earbsa air dè lèirmheasaichean chunnaic a' sìor fhàs mar nativist òr-chainnt. Bha sin fìor gu h-àraidh an dèidh a 'marbhadh an t-seachdain mu dheireadh de  pro-EU lawmaker Jo Cox , mhort a nochd a dhùsgadh a tha dealasach ann an "fuireach" luchd-taic a bha air a bhith roimhe seo a dhìth.
A "fàgail a" stiùireadh mu dheireadh san t-seachdain ann an cunntasan-bheachd lùghdachadh, agus an rèis thionndaidh marbh teas. Sgrùdaidhean a leigeil ma sgaoil Diardaoin mar Breatannaich bhòt bha a shealltainn "fuireach" le faobhar soilleir, gu bheil toraidhean iollach-tasgaidh agus phiobraich mhargaidean air feadh na Roinn Eòrpa agus Àisia.
Tha a 'bhòt a sgoltadh na dùthcha còmhla riatanach lines: Old aghaidh òga. Ionadail mu choinneamh Metropolitan. Na h-Alba an aghaidh Shasainn. Rugadh Breatannaich aghaidh in-imrich.
An fheadhainn roinnean dòcha a-mhàin a bhith air an cruadhachadh leis Diardaoin thoradh, agus a dh'fhaodadh a bhith nas àirde tuilleadh ma avowed Euroskeptic tighinn gu oifis aig 10 Sràid Downing.
Tha an stad mus tòisich an còmhraidhean Aonaidh Eòrpaich bheir pro-fòrladh Tòraidhean - a bhios a-nis gu h-èifeachdach fòn urchraichean ann am Breatainn eadhon mar Cameron 'fuireach air mar neach-cùraim - an cothrom a chruthachadh suidheachadh cumanta air dè tha iad ag iarraidh am Breatainn' coimhead coltach ri dreuchd-Brexit.
Rè mìosan de dh'iomairt, pro-Brexit ceannardan Unleashed fevered ionnsaighean air a 'Bhruiseal, ach thairg eil cumanta, lèirsinn mionaideach air mar a b' urrainn soirbheachadh na dùthcha taobh a-muigh a 'cur thairis.
Ach Johnson ag ràdh gun ge brith dè a 'bhuil, am Breatainn cha bhiodh Cuir a stigh.
"Chan urrainn dhuinn ar Cuir air druim an Roinn Eòrpa. Tha sinn phàirt den Roinn Eòrpa," thuirt e. "Leanaidh am Breatainn a bhith mòr Eòrpach cumhachd."

Scottish leader says she will push for a second independence referendum 24JUN16


Part of the reason Scotland voted to remain pert of the U.K. was the benefit of being part of the E.U. Now Britain has voted  to leave the E.U. and the Scottish independence movement is already discussing another independence referendum that will allow Scotland to gain E.U. membership. Scotland should not be dragged down economically with Britain, nor do the Scots want to be identified with the right wing xenophobia, racism, and bigotry of England. Restoration of an independent Scotland just might be the only good thing to come from the result of the BRexit vote. From the +Washington Post .....
Scottish leader says she will push for a second independence referendum


  
 Scottish leaders who overwhelming supported Britain’s membership in the European Union warned Friday of possible renewed bids for independence after British voters turned their backs on the 28-nation bloc.
Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party, said that a second referendum on Scotland's membership in the United Kingdom was a possibility in the immediate future.
This potential second referendum would come two years after pro-E.U. Scottish voters rejected independence and opted to remain united with England, Wales and Northern Ireland in September 2014.
Backlash over the outcome also touched Northern Ireland and Wales, pointing to possible internal pressures tearing at the United Kingdom even as it looks toward the difficult process to break with its European partners.
“The vote here makes clear that the people of Scotland see their future as part of the European Union,” said a statement by the Scottish National Party, which added there would be “consequences” to the outcome of the Britain referendum.
In Thursday’s vote, Scottish voters supported the “Remain” campaign by a large margin, with every area in the country voting in favor of staying in the E.U.
Sixty-two percent of voters supported Remain, compared with just 47 percent in England.
Sturgeon said in a statement early Friday that her country “delivered a strong, unequivocal vote to remain in the E.U.”
Alex Salmond, the driving force behind the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, said Friday morning that he expected Sturgeon to begin the process of seeking another Scottish referendum, as indicated in the party’s 2016 manifesto.
According to that document, “Scotland being taken out of the E.U. against our will” gives the Scottish Parliament “the right to hold another referendum.”
“Decisions have consequences,” Fiona Hyslop, Scotland’s external affairs minister, told reporters Friday morning. “If the United Kingdom has made a decision against the interests of the Scottish people that will have consequences.”
Likewise, in Northern Ireland, 11 of 18 constituencies supported the Remain campaign
Sinn Fein, the Irish nationalist party dedicated to ending British jurisdiction over Northern Ireland, immediately announced that the Brexit results justified a united Ireland. The Republic of Ireland remains a member of the E.U., so when Britain leaves the union, the Emerald Isle will now have a new line of partition.
“English votes have overturned the democratic will of Northern Ireland,” Declan Kearney, Sinn Fein’s national chairman, said in a statement Friday morning.
“This British government has forfeited any mandate to represent the economic or political interests of people in Northern Ireland.”
In Wales, First Minister Carwyn Jones was quick to express displeasure with the vote. In a statement, Jones said that the referendum was grounds for an entire re-working of the relationships within the United Kingdom, putting the country into “entirely different footing.”
J.K. Rowling, the Scottish author of the bestselling Harry Potter books, tweeted on Friday that Scotland will surely “seek independence now.”
In 2014, Rowling had donated 1 million pounds ($1.38 million) against the cause of Scottish independence, arguing for the continued union of Great Britain.
“Cameron’s legacy will be breaking up two unions,” she wrote Friday of the British Prime Minister. “Neither needed to happen.”
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Britain shocks world: breaks with European Union, British leader steps down 24JUN16


THE U.K. votes to leave the E.U. / European Union. Ignorance, greed and racism won this vote, and the Brits will pay for it. Is this a warning for the American electorate and Democratic and republican parties? It is, because the same tactics are being used by donald drumpf in his campaign for the presidency. BRexit leaders played the poor and working classes against immigrants and the establishment (of which they are part of), manipulating economic insecurity and latent racism and bigotry in their campaign. The vote to leave the E.U. reflects the real Britain, a little island with a  majority of xenophobic, nationalistic, racist, bigoted and extremely ignorant people who think they are superior to the rest of the world, the imperial, empire mentality. They will soon discover they are not all they think they are. THIS is where the warning about donald drumpf comes in. He is not offering any plan or policies to improve the lives of the poor, working class or middle class, to address and eliminate the economic insecurity still plaguing the nation after the 2008 recession. He plays different groups of people against each other, poor vs rich, minorities vs white, intellectuals vs less educated (this doesn't mean intellectuals vs stupid), liberals vs conservatives, Christians vs all other faiths. He lies, distorts the truth, manipulates fear and latent racism and bigotry and deceives to make people believe all others not like them are conspiring against them. If donald drumpf wins the presidency the result will be the economic establishment, the 1%, will profit greatly at the expense of all Americans, including those who elected him. Just as the people of the U.K. will pay  economically for voting to leave the E.U., so too the American people will pay economically if drumpf is elected president. From the +Washington Post .....
Britain shocks world: breaks with European Union, British leader steps down
  

 British voters defied their leaders and international allies by cutting ties with the European Union in a stunning result Friday that threw financial markets into chaos, forced Britain’s prime minister to resign and unleashed a new independence quest by Scotland.
As Britain absorbed the earth-shaking news, the political fallout reached to the highest level with Prime Minister David Cameron saying he would step down after championing the campaign to remain in the European Union.
Just hours later, a leader in heavily pro-E.U. Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, said she will push for its own referendum to break with England and the other two partners in the United Kingdom, Wales and Northern Ireland.
A second independence referendum, following a defeated vote in 2014, is “highly likely,” said Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister. Calls to break away were echoed by nationalists in Northern Ireland.
In an emotional address outside 10 Downing Street, Cameron said the country now deserved “fresh leadership” in the face of the rejection in Thursday’s referendum. Cameron, who enjoys a close relationship with President Obama, said he hoped a new prime minister could be in place by October.
The decision effectively delays the start of divorce proceedings with Britain’s 27 other E.U. partners. Cameron said that only after the transition in leadership would the country begin the formal process of withdrawing from the European Union — popularly known as Brexit — which is supposed to take two years once it officially begins.
But even as the steps for a British departure were put on hold, immediate shock waves resonated in all directions.
The British pound plummeted to its lowest level against the dollar since 1985, and stock markets dropped sharply around the world.
The market gyrations prompted Bank of England Governor Mark Carney to try to calm investors with a statement asserting that the bank was "well prepared" for the referendum’s outcome. The central bank, Carney said, was ready to intervene to prop up the economy.
In his comments, Cameron also sought to offer reassurances to jittery markets, calling Britain’s economy “fundamentally sound” and saying there would be no immediate changes in the status of immigrants in the country.
"I will do everything I can as prime minister to steady the ship over the coming weeks and months," he said with his wife Samantha standing at his side. "But I do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination."
After his announcement, Cameron was driven later Friday morning to Buckingham Palace for an audience with the queen.
Cameron's decision to step down injects immediate internal political tumult into a moment that was already riddled with uncertainties and upheaval.
It set off an instant contest to replace him, with former London Mayor Boris Johnson — a leading campaigner in the anti-E.U. campaign — considered the odds-on favorite.
An uncharacteristically serious and even somber Johnson told reporters he was “sad” about Cameron's resignation. He described Cameron, a longtime friend and rival, as "one of the most extraordinary politicians of our age."
The mop-haired Johnson did not say whether he would seek Cameron's job. He did praise voters for rejecting the European Union, which he described as "a noble idea for its time" but one that "is no longer right for this country."
Cameron's successor will not be picked by the general public, but instead in an internal process by his Conservative Party.
It is highly likely that whoever is picked will be further to the political right than Cameron. Since coming to office in 2010, Cameron had sought to move his party toward the political center, championing gay marriage and taking a softer line on immigration than some in the party had sought. But his repudiation over the European Union — fueled by an anti-immigration backlash — will likely leave the party’s right-wing ascendant.
Johnson was mobbed outside his house in north London early Friday, with some cheering him but far more jeering a man who many pro-E.U. Londoners blame for the outcome of Thursday's referendum. "Shame on you!" some yelled.
Bicyclists later tried to block Johnson's car as it made its way through the city's center.
The vote result will rattle officials in Washington. Obama had made a high-profile plea for Britain to stay. He was briefed on the results of the referendum, the White House said, and was expected to speak to Cameron in the next day. Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, who was in Scotland on Friday to open a golf course, backed Brexit.
Asked by reporters about the vote as he toured his course to the tune of bag pipes, Trump on Friday called it "a great thing."
"They took back their country," said Trump, who sported a white "Make America Great Again" cap. "That's a great thing."
The referendum is perhaps the most dramatic to date in a wave of populist and nationalist uprisings occurring on both sides of the Atlantic that are overturning traditional notions of what is politically possible.
It also will have a profound effect on the European Union, which will lose a major military and diplomatic power within its ranks. “This looks to be a sad day for Europe and for Britain,” said Germany’s foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
For months, Britain’s political and economic elite had looked on with growing apprehension as the country flirted with a choice — popularly known as Brexit — that experts had warned could lead to global recession and a rip in the Western alliance. The vote could also lead to Scottish secession and raised the stakes for a possible broader E.U. unraveling.
But most analysts had predicted this pragmatically minded country would ultimately back away from the move, and opt to keep Britain in an organization regarded as a pillar of the global economic and political order.
Instead, a majority of British voters heeded the call of pro-Brexit campaigners to liberate the nation from what many here regard as an oppressive Brussels bureaucracy that enables mass migration into the country.
“Let June the 23rd go down in our history as our independence day!” cried a jubilant Nigel Farage, a firebrand anti-E.U. leader, in a 4 a.m. celebration. All around him, “leave” campaigners clinked pints of beer and cheered their improbable victory.
When polls closed six hours earlier, Farage had all but conceded defeat, saying he believed “remain” had won. But as results poured in through Thursday night and into the early hours of Friday, the “remain” camp was increasingly despairing.
About a third of results had yet to be counted as of 4 a.m. local time. But the BBC reported that “leave” had taken an insurmountable lead.
In the end, "leave" won by more than a million votes -- out of some 33 million cast, or nearly three-quarters of eligible voters. In percentage terms, the 52-48 pro-Brexit split was the inverse of what final opinion polls had predicted.
The results came after 15 hours of voting, from the remote Scottish isles to the tip of Gibraltar. The outcome revealed vast divides — with massive victory margins for “remain” in thriving metropolitan centers such as London and equally resounding victories for “leave” in small towns, rural areas and struggling, post-industrial cities.
In television interviews, “remain” supporters looked stricken and predicted catastrophe.
“God help our country,” tweeted Paddy Ashdown, the former Liberal Democrat leader and an outspoken E.U. advocate.
The “leave” campaign found a compelling rallying cry with its call for voters to “Take Back Control,” a slogan that resonated among an electorate ill at ease with record levels of immigration — much of it from Europe under the E.U.’s free-movement policy.
Polls suggested that “leave” alienated some voters with its reliance on what critics saw as increasingly nativist rhetoric. That was particularly true after the killing last week of pro-E.U. lawmaker Jo Cox, a murder that appeared to awaken a passion in “remain” supporters that had been previously lacking.
A “leave” lead last week in the polls diminished, and the race turned into a dead heat. Surveys released Thursday as Britons voted had shown “remain” with a clear edge, results that cheered investors and boosted markets across Europe and Asia.
The vote split the country along essential lines: Old versus young. Provincial versus metropolitan. Scotland versus England. Native-born Britons versus immigrants.
Those divisions may only be hardened by Thursday's result, and could be heightened further if an avowed Euroskeptic comes to office at 10 Downing Street.
The pause before the start of E.U. negotiations will give pro-leave Tories -- who will now effectively call the shots in Britain even as Cameron stays on as a caretaker -- the chance to form a common position on what they want Britain to look like post-Brexit.
During months of campaigning, pro-Brexit leaders unleashed fevered attacks on Brussels, but offered no common, detailed vision of how the country could succeed outside the bloc.
But Johnson said that whatever the outcome, Britain would not turn inward.
"We cannot turn our backs on Europe. We are part of Europe," he said. "Britain will continue to be a great European power."