{"id":122199,"date":"2023-12-15T11:19:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=122199"},"modified":"2023-12-15T11:19:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:19:21","slug":"bbc-question-time-audience-member-dismantles-snp-plan-to-rejoin-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/politics\/bbc-question-time-audience-member-dismantles-snp-plan-to-rejoin-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Question Time audience member dismantles SNP plan to rejoin EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>QT audience member discusses independent Scotland rejoining EU<\/h3>\n<p>The SNP&#8217;s plan for an independent Scotland to rejoin the European Union has come under fire from a BBC Question Time audience member.<\/p>\n<p>The audience member questioned how much independence Scotland would have if it was part of Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested the nation would be bossed around by major EU players like France and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>He made the comment as the issue of breaking up the UK was debated during last night&#8217;s show in Kelso in the Scottish Borders.<\/p>\n<p>The audience member said: &#8220;How independent would Scotland be if we&#8217;ve got the Germans and the French telling us what to do when we get this independence?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Click here to join our Whatsapp community to be the first to receive politics news from The Express <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Pressed on what he meant, he added: &#8220;If we got independence and we rejoined the EU, then what independence do we have?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At least with the UK Government we have influence, we have MPs there, we can do something with it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will have no say, we will be a nation of five million people at the very end of Europe that no one or very few will listen to in Brussels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The SNP has long called for an independent Scotland to rejoin the EU.<\/p>\n<p>A paper published in November as part of the Building a New Scotland series insisted Scotland could return to Brussels &#8220;smoothly and quickly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But critics have warned it could take years for an independent Scotland to rejoin the bloc and that it could lead to a hard border with England.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/1845927\/bbc-question-time-scotland-rejoin-eu-snp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>QT audience member discusses independent Scotland rejoining EU The SNP&#8217;s plan for an independent Scotland to rejoin the European Union has come under fire from <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/politics\/bbc-question-time-audience-member-dismantles-snp-plan-to-rejoin-eu\/\" title=\"BBC Question Time audience member dismantles SNP plan to rejoin EU\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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