For non-UK people:
There are four nations in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).
But England has roughly 90% of the population of the UK. So what England votes for in an all-nations referendum, the rest of the UK gets.
England voted for Brexit by a narrow-ish majority. But Scotland voted against Brexit by a huge margin -- 62/38, or approximately 3:2.
Ironically, the year before the Brexit referendum there was a Scottish independence referendum where "remain part of the UK" won, 55/45. One of the promises the remain campaign made was that staying in the UK was the only way to guarantee Scotland could stay in the EU.
So there's a strong sense here in Scotland that we were misled, and presented with a bait-and-switch last time round.
Finally, Scotland has a very different political climate from England, with a much weaker far right, stronger far left, and a dominant centre left government. While since 2017, England has increasingly drifted towards the far right.
There are four nations in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).
But England has roughly 90% of the population of the UK. So what England votes for in an all-nations referendum, the rest of the UK gets.
England voted for Brexit by a narrow-ish majority. But Scotland voted against Brexit by a huge margin -- 62/38, or approximately 3:2.
Ironically, the year before the Brexit referendum there was a Scottish independence referendum where "remain part of the UK" won, 55/45. One of the promises the remain campaign made was that staying in the UK was the only way to guarantee Scotland could stay in the EU.
So there's a strong sense here in Scotland that we were misled, and presented with a bait-and-switch last time round.
Finally, Scotland has a very different political climate from England, with a much weaker far right, stronger far left, and a dominant centre left government. While since 2017, England has increasingly drifted towards the far right.