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#FuckOffScotland refers to a hashtag that began trending on Twitter in the United Kingdom in response to the legal action taken against Boris Johnson's proroguing of parliament which the Scottish court of law found unlawful. The hashtag began trending on September 13th, 2019 in the United Kingdom and it was met with humorous responses from Scottish Twitter users and was compared as a contradiction to the Better Together campaign pledge for Scotland to lead, not leave the United Kingdom during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.

Origin

On September 9th, 2019, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, prorogued parliament in an attempt to hold a new Queen's Speech in October 2019. After Boris Johnson prorogued parliament, SNP Member of Parliament, Joanna Cherry and other QCs launched legal action against Boris Johnson's decision which resulted in the Scottish courts ruling that the prorogation of parliament was unlawful.^[1] In response to the court verdict, Brexit supporters started using the hashtag: "#FuckOffScotland", criticizing their involvement in the Brexit process (examples shown below).

Spread

After #FuckOffScotland started trending nationwide, Scottish Twitter users responded to the users using the hashtag and started comparing the comments made towards Scotland to the promise of the Better Together campaign, the official No campaign for the 2014 independence referendum which they said that "Scotland should lead the UK, not leave." Many also stated that they had been trying to leave the UK since the Independence Referendum, so the "#FuckOffScotland" campaign played into their goals.

Scottish comedian Jane Godley responded to the hashtag and criticized and kicked Brexit supporters that started tweeting it (see below).

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