YOUNGER FOLK WANT SCOTLAND TO GET RID OF BRITAIN

Michael Gray, 29, a lawyer-to-be, wants Scotland to leave Britain and become another country as soon as possible, reported Larissa Schwedes for Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa).

Gray believes Brexit has shown that it's time for another vote on leaving Britain. He's certain: "Scottish results didn't really play a role" in the 2016 Brexit referendum, as a clear majority of 62 percent of Scots voted against leaving the European Union (EU.) Many Scots, including Gray, therefore want another vote on whether Scotland should leave Britain.

The governing Scottish National Party (SNP) has already promised a second vote on independence if the party wins a majority in upcoming parliamentary elections. A previous referendum in September 2014 had seen Scotland remain after a slight majority - 55 percent - voted in favor of staying with England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

Gray - who lives in Edinburgh and is the co-founder of Skotia, a journalistic, multimedia start-up with a clear pro-independence stance - is no exception among the younger generation of Scots.

In a recent opinion poll, over 60 percent of under-35-year-olds were in favor of Scottish independence, while among those over age 45, a majority was against it.

"The under-50s in most polls are pro-independence, and that's been the case for quite a while," says Kristy Hughes from the Scottish Center on European Relations.

"And it's not just teenagers being radical." At times, the share of Scots in their 20s and 30s in favor of independence was even higher than among teenagers. Frederic Bayer also belongs to this group.

"I have always thought that it would make sense for Scotland to be a separate country," says the 25-year-old, who was born in Germany and considers himself a "German Scot."

Bayer moved to Scotland in 2015 for his undergraduate studies, after he had migrated to England with his mother. Brexit also meant a turning point for him. Before the vote, Bayer had campaigned for the Remain camp with other volunteers, talking to people about the EU in different cities, which was "fascinating," he says.

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