Scottish secession, American political depression

An Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman walk into a bar. The Englishman wanted to go so they all had to leave.
This is Brexit, the potted version, as analyzed by Scottish pundit John McPhie.
In oversimplifying, it gets things wrong, such as the fact that the “United” Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union has nothing to do with the Republic of Ireland, which will stay.
It’s Northern Ireland that will be dragged out of the union, as will Scotland, because of England&