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Scotland will definitely try to leave (as others have pointed out, there's a definite theory that turnout there was lower because a lot of pro-independence Scots who support the EU in principle didn't particularly mind the rest of the UK leaving the EU if it reignited their opportunity for independence)

The other interesting aspect is London: a part of the UK whose expected resounding Remain vote[1] is far from the only way it's increasingly politically, culturally and economically different from the rest of the UK...

[1]Lambeth just voted 78%/21% for remain...



It's an impossibility, but London independence would probably do an awful lot of good for the UK.


London as a city state would be pretty amazing. They can put the English parliament into Winchester, with some historical justification.




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