It's not so simple. The question was 'should Great Britain leave the EU?' So the result doesn't mean that 55% want Scotland to stay in the EU. So 55/45 in this circumstance is hardly a mandate for anything.
I was referring to the Scotland independence vote from two years ago. That was 55/45. The Scottish Remain vote on the Brexit was 62%, and it had the overwhelming majority support of every part of Scotland.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36616028
It is all just one big-mouth politician who just wants to make a name for herself by seeming to be doing something.
You're referring to Nicola Sturgeon, I assume? Her attitude seems to reflect a majority of her country.
It is hardly in Scotland's interest to have a new referendum vote now over whether to leave the UK. They might as well at least wait till the dust has settled and they know what prospects Britain has when it is fully independent again. They may even end up in a worse position in the EU than had they stayed in the UK.
One could argue it wasn't in the UK's interests to hold a vote on EU membership. That didn't stop them. These are the circumstances for you to consider, as I see it:
1. Two years ago, nearly half of Scotland wanted independence from the UK. And that was with David Cameron promising them all sorts of new devolved rights, which he won't be able to make good on from here, so whatever they think they got out of voting to stay, they better be content with it.
2. As of last week, Scotland supported Britain remaining in the EU nearly 2 to 1.
3. Either of these changes, an independent Scotland or a Brexit, would have represented a significant material departure from the status quo for Scotland, with significant potential economic downsides either way. But one of them is now as certain as anything can be by a vote.
4. If the Brexit plan is carried through, the economic argument for Scotland to try to stay in the EU could easily tip against them remaining in the UK. The UK economy is big, but the EU is bigger.
This Brexit plan has been a case of England going alone. England represents the vast majority of the UK population, so they can dominate the vote for the UK as a whole, but outside England and Wales, it's pretty unpopular. So Scotland and Northern Ireland are being driven down a path they didn't choose and don't like, unheeded by their sister countries, and for the moment, powerless to stop it. What was it that the English didn't like about the EU, again?