The Wee Blue Book

The Facts the Papers Leave Out
The Facts the Papers Leave Out

Embassies

consular protectionThe UK government and No campaign have both tried to threaten Scotland with the idea that Scots on holiday or working abroad might find themselves without diplomatic assistance if something went wrong. This is a flat-out lie. Should Scotland not have its own embassy or consulate in a particular country, those of every other EU member state are obliged under EU law to offer exactly the same assistance they would give their own citizens.

If Scotland were also in the Commonwealth (as it surely would be), its citizens would also have the right to consular assistance from UK embassies, even if the rUK were to be outside the EU.