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The EU is a very tempting economical system to join, but as they say "the grass is always greener on the other side". Right now the EU is more unstable than it's always been, some people think of it as a sinking ship, especially the whole "euro" concept and how it was applied over the years.

Independence is also very tempting, but we should consider that the UK doesn't do reckless economical moves out of whim. When  you see politicians sweating over Brexit it's because they receive pressure by high profile people to evacuate the "sinking ship".

Furthermore, by the very action of leaving the UK would serve to destabilize the EU even more, so if any entity like Scotland were to join the EU at that time they would have almost zero benefit.


But that moment isn't here yet, in my opinion. I think that the UK goverment simply uses the posibility of Brexit & EU destabilization as a bargaining chip to acquire more economical autonomity from Germany, which is the de jure leader of the EU. They already managed to unhinge their national banks from the influences of german banks and EU regulations.


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