Hmm, rather a lot here to answer, too much really for a forum like this, so for a full response you may have to wait for my thesis "The Third Law of Thermodynamics, Avogadro's Hypothesis and the path that led to Brexit," but briefly:* People who voted for Brexit were, in doing so, largely giving the government a kicking because of the way they'd been treated over the last decades.* I don't have a particular view on Scottish independence other than that I think it's for them, not us, to decide.* Your third para is a bit beyond me, I'm afraid: Newton and the Buddha are, perhaps, a step too far.* Finally, the alternative to Brexit is not the populist far right but a genuine acceptance that the way we've been governed recently is just appalling. To take one example, since the 1988 crash, incomes in London have risen substantially but incomes in the midlands and the north have fallen - and this has, understandably, fed the anger that led to the vote for Brexit. But this is verging on thesis territory...
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