Thread by @lumi_1984

A lot of us are battling on two fronts up here - opposing Brexit, and supporting Scottish independence.

I do still care what happens in rUK because I have family living in England, but feel the only way Scotland will fulfil her potential is by voting for independence.

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It's exhausting when you feel like whatever you vote for is an irrelevance. We voted to stay in the EU, and are being dragged out regardless.

We sent a majority of SNP MPs to Westminster, and they're being ignored.

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Home Office policies have negatively impacted on families we've welcomed with open arms, and who contribute so much. So we requested immigration be devolved so we can do things differently - we get told 'no, it's a reserved matter' and compared to an English council area.

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We mitigate the worst excesses of Tory austerity to try and make life a wee bit easier for the most vulnerable, but Scotgov's hands are pretty much tied beyond that.

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So while I support those opposing Brexit, I also understand how futile it is when we as a country are subject to a government we didn't vote for, which rides roughshod over the position of our elected parliament.

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(Remember the now infamous "now is not the time", and how ScotParl's refusal to give legislative consent to the EU Withdrawal Bill was treated in the Commons?)

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I don't want a future for Scotland that involves having to ask for Big Brother's permission to do things.

I don't want a future for Scotland that involves the expectation we'll slink back into our box when Holyrood doesn't agree with Westminster.

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Sorry, but I can't love a UK that has so little respect for the Scottish Parliament, and that is systematically impoverishing entire sections of its society.

That doesn't mean I hate people living in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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We want to do more.

We want to be more.

We just want different things to what Westminster delivers.

It makes me sad that that's apparently such a terrible thing, which is not a slight on everyone in the UK, it's aimed squarely at UKgov.

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I'd love to see what ScotParl could do if given the chance to truly stretch its wings with all the powers of an independent country.

We might thrive, we might face difficulties we never expected.

But I'd prefer that we give them the chance to do things differently.

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Anyway, it's painkiller time so I'll finish this unintentionally long thread (apologies, this is the trouble thinking gets me into).

Do I support a people's vote on Brexit? Yes, but I also understand it's not the only issue at hand here - it's just not that simple.

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