Petition for London independence signed by thousands after Brexit vote
The UK move is interesting. On London, of course the do-well Londoners want to be a part of the EU system. They&#x27;re doing well under it all. But what&#x27;s done is done.<p>From what I can see, the real focus should have been, long ago, making sure ALL of Britain was doing well. Not just London. That ship has sailed and now the UK will have to come together and ensure mutual prosperity or risk further divide.<p>On Scotland, it seems to me that Scotland already got their vote. I can&#x27;t see the UK allowing another one. There may be a SNP staged vote, but it won&#x27;t have any teeth without it coming from Downing St. So I&#x27;m dismissive of the Scottish indie idea at this point. It just didn&#x27;t pan out. Anyone who wants that, needs to at minimum, wait until oil prices rise again. But I don&#x27;t see any of it happening.<p>Scotland&#x27;s chance may have already been spent but Northern Ireland is in the best position of anyone. They&#x27;re in the best position of all the UK &#x27;principalities&#x27; to barter the best economic deal between either the UK or Ireland&#x2F;EU. They can basically become the New Scotland and do what Scotland was doing, pre-Scottish independence vote. The SNP made a big mistake pushing for their vote before the EU-UK referendum.<p>I expect Wales and England (outside of London) are pretty content with the outcome of the vote. They had the most to gain. Though I don&#x27;t think NI and Scotland are going to lose economic power with an independent UK, if they don&#x27;t start revolting.<p>Interesting how it all turned out, because this time London was in agreement with the UK states on the periphery. It was Wales and England who wanted out, and I think this was rational and the right move from a working man&#x27;s standpoint. The EU from what I&#x27;ve seen (I&#x27;ve lived and worked in the EU) is mostly beneficial the elites and people doing well. Most of my friends in France and other EU countries curse the EU a bit. It&#x27;s not just the Brits who are upset with the undemocratic system the EU put into place or the policies.<p>I watched all the Scottish independence debates with Alex Salmond vs Alistair Darling and was letdown by Salmond&#x27;s general performance. Also recently watched the Brexit &#x27;documentary&#x27; and was not impressed with the arguments put in place there. Especially the comparison to Switzerland which is the wrong example, for many reasons that I won&#x27;t go into here. The UK may become a Norway of sorts but not a Switzerland. Honestly, not sure I&#x27;d want to become a Switzerland given how they make a lot of their money.