Opinion polls put Scots

June 29, 2016 at 11:24 pm #117776

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Opinion polls put Scots supporting independence at 53%JP Morgan expects independence and new currency by 2019.http://www.scotsman.com/news/jp-morgan-expecting-scottish-independence-and-new-currency-1-4164909Some made the case for Remain in the EU on the basis of migrant rights – will they now support independence for Scotland for the same reason?But I do not recall any on the forum defending the 2014 Leave movement in the UK Union referendum although the SNP nationalists pledged a more liberal relaxed welcoming policy than the UK's to immigrants and migrants and encouraging the free movement of labour while offering Scottish passports to all residents in Scotland which was indeed a benefit to fellow workers particularly asylum seekers and refugees but also to those living and working here from England and elsewhere. What i am getting at is that there are always nuances to workers relationship with capitalism and the nation-state…our position has to be to put principles before immediate self-interest…As i have said i am not an economics expert so i would like others opinion on this article by Paul Cockshotthttps://paulcockshott.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/brexit-imigration-and-exploitation/

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It is quite clear that in years when immigration is high, exploitation is high. The year with the lowest exploitation rate of 53p in the £ had 200,000 immigrants, the year with the highest exploitation, 89p in the £, had 589,000 immigrants. Overall the correlation between immigration and exploitation was 75%.

So were UK workers in their own self-interest right to vote leave in a hope to exclude job competition?