WIKILEAKS stunned Twitter users yesterday by sharing a bizarre poll about what would happen in an independent Scotland post-Brexit.
Its post said: “POLL: Post-Brexit, EU states have incentive to back Scottish independence so Scotland can rejoin the EU. All UK nukes are in Scotland. If Scotland joins EU, will the new EU Army eventually station troops in Scotland to check the threat of English invasion?”
Users can choose one of four answers. At the time of writing,
No was in the lead with 38%, followed by Definitely on 24%, Possibly on 20% and Probably on 18%, based on more than 4500 votes.
“Are you serious with that question?” asked Twitter a user by the name of Lord Pelagius.
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