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Jul 5, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
From an outsider’s perspective, the 2014 indyref was all about Scotland’s relationship with England. The next will likely about Scotland’s relationship with the EU. England won’t feature much.
2020 is a very different world than 2014. SNP have a different, popular and more consensual leader. Scottish Labour are dead in the water. England has gone hard Brexit. The prime minister is easily confused with a children’s entertainer.
Dec 14, 2018 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Before it joined the EU, Irish national identity was very much linked with its identity as a former British colony. Resentment of Britain was commonplace. It was complex mix of feelings of inferiority and superiority.
In the EU, Ireland has found itself. A European nation, socially liberal and economically better off.
When British colonialists say Ireland should know its place instead of getting angry the Irish laugh at them.
