Brexit Series: UK unlikely to break apart through Brexit

Britain, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Gibraltar forms what we call the United Kingdom and since the Brexit letter was delivered to the European Council President Donald Tusk from the Prime Minister of the UK Theresa May, the bureaucrats at Brussels have deployed a divisive strategy towards the UK.  It announced its support for the 300-year old Spanish claims over Gibraltar.  EU announced that a united Ireland would automatically be part of the European Union and for Scotland, Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon prefers to move out of the UK via another independence referendum and join the Brussels bloc.

Both the UK and Gibraltar retaliated strongly after the UK announcement. Former Irish politicians who have seen bloody struggles with regard to the Northern Irish League warned the EU that they are playing with fire. After these tactics failed to gain support, a leaked plan suggests that Brussels, led by Spain is planning to strip Gibraltar of its tax haven status. The EU politicians even tried to benefit from the divisive vote over Brexit by suggesting that UK can reverse exit if it wants to, which was considered as a tool to influence the upcoming UK election on June 8th.

However, these attacks have so far played adverse to the EU plan. Since the referendum, polls show that the supports for an exit have grown throughout the United Kingdom., with more than 75 percent of the people accepting the result.  Polls are even showing that the Scottish National Party (SNP) under the leadership of Ms. Sturgeon is likely to suffer against Theresa May’s conservatives in the upcoming election and the support for another independence referendum has dwindled.  Many in Scotland’s fishing industry are disgusted about the idea of joining the EU, which would mean accepting the rules for common fisheries.

The hard stance of the EU towards the United Kingdom seems to be getting the people united against an exit in the United Kingdom, where prominent ‘remaineers’ are reportedly becoming  ‘exiteers’.