Scottish independence leader goes to Brussels seeking to become an EU colony

Humza Yousaf trawls Brussels for support for an ‘independent’ Scotland to rejoin the EU

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Facts4EU.Org looks at the fundamental illogicality and naivete of the SNP’s position

This week the SNP’s new leader, Humza Yousaf, is in the EU’s capital selling the case for Scotland to jump the queue of poor countries wishing to join the European Union. He does so on the basis that an independent Scotland would be ‘re-joining’, rather than starting from scratch.

Scotland and the European Union

Part One : The illogicality of wanting to be independent and then ceding it to a foreign power - plus Scotland's prestigious Brussels HQ (this report)
Part Two : Revealed - the sheer size of Scotland's expensive Brussels operation
Part Three : The Scottish economy and how Scotland would never be allowed to rejoin for at least a decade or more

In the first part of this report we reveal Mr Yousaf’s hopes and then ask some serious questions about the sheer illogicality of the SNP’s position on EU membership.

We start with the bizarre logic of wanting to gain independence and then lose it

How can you want independence from the UK and plunge into an absence of independence in the EU?

The SNP’s main raison d’etre is wanting Scotland to be an independent country. Specifically they seek independence from the rest of the United Kingdom – England in particular. All Brexiteers understand the desire for independence. After all, it’s why the United Kingdom as a whole voted to leave the EU back in 2016.

The issue that we genuinely do not understand – and have never seen any answer to – is why you would seek to be an independent country whilst at the same time immediately wanting to give up that independence to a foreign power. In joining the EU (see Part Two for Scotland’s chances) any country must give up its independence on so many levels it might as well be called a colony.

The only answer we have been able to come up with is ‘hatred of the English’. If the SNP wish Scotland to be governed from Brussels, under foreign laws and a foreign legal system, then we can think of no other explanation.

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Scotland has its own headquarters in Brussels – did you know?

Mr Yousaf has been giving interviews in the Scottish Government’s own headquarters in Brussels, called Scotland House, situated in the ‘European Quarter’ in Brussels. It is luxurious, with a conference centre, hot desking, chill out areas, and the rest.

Is there an ‘England House’, or a ‘Wales House’, or a ‘Northern Ireland House’? No. The rest of the UK has ‘UK National Parliament Office’ staffed by two individuals, and the British Embassy. We have not been able to establish the cost of the SNP government’s opulent premises, but in Brussels nothing comes cheap.

Readers may wish to view some of the SNP government’s facilities below. (Click to enlarge.)

In Part Two of this report we will be revealing a lot more about the size of Scotland's operations in Brussels. We believe the facts will shock many readers - especially if they are Scottish.

In interviews Mr Yousaf said “We would have had [a second Independence referendum] yesterday.” Unfortunately for him, the UK Supreme Court put any hopes of that to bed in a judgement late last year, when Nicola Sturgeon was still in charge.

Which brings us nicely to Nicola Sturgeon, her husband, arrests, and a £100k+ motorhome

It seems the Scottish public were happy to continue voting for the SNP, despite various scandals such as the ferry going nowhere at increasing costs, the dramatic fall in the quality of Scottish education, the dire performance of the health service, the unexplained disappearance of £600,000 of publicly-donated money, and other failures. In addition Scotland now has the distinction of being the drugs death capital of Europe.

This becomes relevant in the EU context because for any country to have any chance of joining the EU these days they must pass stringent tests on all manner of things, including the probity of its government.

With Nicola Sturgeon and her husband (Chairman of the party, now gone) having been arrested – and albeit later released without charge - the EU Commission is unlikely to look favourably on the state of Scottish governance.

Police enquiries are apparently still ongoing. Perhaps Ms Sturgeon and her husband had been thinking of decamping to Brussels in their luxurious £100,000+ motorhome which the police took away.

The referendum question

On 18 September 2014 a referendum on Scottish independence took place. The question on the ballot paper was: "Should Scotland be an independent country?" This was a simple yes/no question and the voters of Scotland answered "No".

The "No" side won with 2,001,926 (55.3%) against and only 1,617,989 (44.7%) voting in favour. The 84.6% turnout was the highest recorded in Scotland for more than 100 years.

Observations

Campaign for independence by all means – we did, for the whole of the United Kingdom – but the sheer illogicality of the SNP’s position is beyond us.

How can you possibly campaign for independence whilst at the same time saying you will give that up to a foreign empire and be happy to be subservient to its rules, regulations, directives, and laws?

There are many other issues to cover, such as the need for a hard border between England and Scotland. Given what we have already cited above, though, it is hard to see how Scotland could possibly rejoin the EU if it were ever to become independent.

In short, Scotland needs to get its own house in order before it can have any thought of rejoining the EU, so Mr Yousaf’s visit to Brussels this week looks like being a waste of time. In Part Two we will cover the other issues and will reveal the full extent of the Scottish government's extraordinary presence in Brussels, at 'Scotland House'. You do NOT want to miss this!

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Reader Comments 10

1. Old Albion , Thursday, June 29, 2023, 06:20:

Personally I wish Mr Yousaf well in his quest. Let Scotland drain the EU of money instead of draining England.

2. LuxuryBalloon , Thursday, June 29, 2023, 07:30:

NI is already a colony of the EU.

3. Slugs For Salt , Thursday, June 29, 2023, 07:51:

Any number of level headed people told Brexiteers that Scottish Independence
would be a benefit of Brexit, to the Scots - just as Irish unification would be a Brexit benefit to the Irish.
The only other Brexit benefits were handed out recently by the ex-PM.

4. Captain Thunderbolt , Thursday, June 29, 2023, 08:03:

2. LuxuryBalloon , Thursday, June 29, 2023, 08:30:
NI is already a colony of the EU.
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Unfortunately, at UK expense only

5. Major Graham Lear , Thursday, June 29, 2023, 08:13:

One wonders seeing as Police Scotland can't find the 600,000 quid if it went to pay towards that silly vanity office in Brussels. Perhaps someone should nudge them in the right direction.

6. NH , Thursday, June 29, 2023, 08:49:

"for any country to have any chance of joining the EU these days they must pass stringent tests on all manner of things, including the probity of its government."
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The EU Quatargate scandal is still unresolved. Cash for votes, corruption, a senior judge having to resign because he is linked to one of the defendants, undeclared conflicts of interest, undisclosed expenses. The SNP should fit into this system perfectly.

7. Have You Wondered , Thursday, June 29, 2023, 09:35:

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6. NH , I'm sure Yousaf's Scotland will be at home.
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"EU COURT SAYS CITIZENS SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO COUNCIL DOCUMENTS: ........but only need to be published after people ask for them. "
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"BRUSSELS TO EU COUNTRIES: DON’T BE SO TRANSPARENT! EU parliamentarians are outraged over a document that the European Commission sent to EU capitals to discourage them from adding more measures to a tax transparency bill legislators agreed two years ago "
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"Despite being found out, he still managed to land a job at the European Commission — where he was able to continue the ruse for two more years.
Perhaps even stranger is the fact that G. has failed to turn up to court or offer any response to the charges against him. His whereabouts, meanwhile, remain unknown. (So did he do his 2yrs?)"
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"The new watchdog won’t have the power to investigate or punish breaches of conflict of interest rules, according to the current draft. "
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Why does the UK (or any other nation) need another level of corruption, ineptitude and malfeasance above that which the UK has already?
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Much more on request.
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8. Mike S , Thursday, June 29, 2023, 10:49:

As a Scot living & working in Scotland, allow me to reinforce the fact that in Scotland it isn't the Scottish people in our entirety that are opposed to the union of the United Kingdom but the SNP & their diehard supporter's who cannot & will not see beyond the rhetoric of the SNP mantra! The support for the SNP up here is dwindling fast, not fast enough in my own personal opinion, & they probably will win the next GE but, the one after that, I doubt it! The main problem up here is that too many non-SNP supporter's are too spread out among other parties to be effective enough to oust the SNP from office. I mean, who else is there in reality? Pretty much the same as the rest of the UK, Cons,Lab,Lib Dems, Greens or the SNP? No real decent choice amongst them all!
So, please do not tar all Scot's with the SNP brush, although I know it's hard not to given the bile that comes from the SNP at each & every opportunity & the grievances that they create to purposely cause division. We are not all pro-SNP zealots, please remember that.
Thank you.

9. terence patrick hewett , Thursday, June 29, 2023, 16:47:

@Mike S
Most people understand that the SNP foment trouble with the English and then feed off the resultant reaction. We have been wise to this for decades and don't give the SNP any assistance because of the abuse. But there will always be those who fall for it.

10. Gazzablack , Thursday, June 29, 2023, 19:45:

3 slug
There isn't going to be 'Scottish independence.
Support in Scotland for secession is falling, and there is no great desire in NI to leave the UK either.
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The case for an independent Scotland is reduced, not strengthened by Brexit..
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And if you cannot see the benefits then we can only conclude that you probably can't even see your own nose when you look in the mirror either.
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