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Unlikely. Don’t believe the online discourse to be representative of the people.

See: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/06/25/scottish-ind...

Even before mass online discourse, divisive seperatist figures like Alex Salmond and Nigel Farage were regularly paid to appear on Russia Today. Salmond even had his own show!

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