Thread by @BingoDemagogue

Again the SNP wooing remainers to indy by claiming that it means Scotland in the EU...

I understand if you are tempted! but Scots deserve to make informed decisions & you. are. being. misinformed.

Don't take my word for it: Just go check everything in this thread yourself.

Knowledge is power. How well do you understand the process by which countries apply, and what hurdles there are, before they may gain membership?

If nothing else, just understanding this process will help you spot so much bullshit and misinformation!

One key blocker is "chapter 17" - the rules on Monetary policy.

It's literally impossible to meet this criteria while using the pound and launching a new currency isn't a quick fix.

Try asking them about it...

Ask about what's being kept from us.

After Brexit the SNP commissioned a tax-payer funded feasibility study into if, when and how an independent Scotland could join the EU.

Doesn't that sound like something they should share to win your vote?

They have refused to share it.

The SNP are sitting on a report outlining exactly what is required and how long it would take.

First they claimed it didn't exist.
Now they are refusing to tell you what it says.

But in an unredacted footnote they let this slip; they think the closest comparison is Montenegro.

Who will still be trapped outside the EU 19 years after gaining their independence.

Currency is key. They know most Scots want to keep the pound AND want to be in the EU.

These two things are incompatible.

Some commentators are saying the Euro is desirable, but moving straight from the £ to € zone isn't possible either:

populistsplaybook.com/2022/02/18/eur…

I don't need you to trust me. All this can be checked.

The SNP, however, DO need you to trust them - so are they trustworthy on Europe?

Have a look at their track record.

They lied in indyref1, then lied about legal advice that didn't exist..

The European commission wrote to a Scottish parliament committee making clear that independence meant being out of the EU: Nicola Sturgeon still claimed there was 'No Risk'.

They are wooing #NewScots now: have you already forgotten that Nicola Sturgeon threatened to strip EU citizens of their rights to live and work in an independent Scotland if she didn't get her way in negotiations?

The SNP are claiming that we can fix the damage to Trade from Brexit by independence.

Yet the academics used for the ScotGov Brexit impact paper say it makes it worse!

They'll claim outrage we are out of the Customs Union.

Scotland would be in the customs union right now if only the SNP had supported it instead of abstaining in 2019!

The fact is, the SNP calculated that the harder the brexit, the better the opportunity to manipulate remain voters into supporting their nationalism - with promises they have no intention of delivering.

You will see disinformation claiming the narrative that the EU have said we would get in.
They have not.
If you go and check you'll often find you're being fed half a quote out of context.

You'll see the narrative that the EU will just change the rules, or let us in just to 'get back at the UK for brexit'

This is unfounded nonsense with no legal basis, or backing from EU institutions.

After brexit I considered indy if it meant EU membership. Here's my 2 years research into the question, fully referenced with primary sources.

Don't trust me: don't trust the SNP - check the points yourself, to protect yourself from SNP misinformation

populistsplaybook.com/blog/the-copen…