Texas, inspired by Britain, is thinking about a Texit

Remember the Alamo!

Despite the fact it's a rallying slogan in the Lone Star state, the Alamo was actually a battle that Texans lost.

When Texas was a province of Mexico, fighting broke out about between colonists and the Mexican government. The 'Texicans' lost the battle but won the wider war and Texas became an independent republic 1836-45 before it joined the USA.

Since then there have been multiple calls for Texas to return to its independent status, which since the 1990s have a renewed fervour. Daniel Miller, head of the Texas Nationalist Movement has now called for 'Texit'.

The possibility was raised in the week ahead of the referendum, when secessionists such as Miller drew parallels between the UK's relationship with Brussels, and Texas' relationship with Washington DC. The slogan of the movement is "Texas First, Texas Forever", perhaps in another nod to the Brexit supporting "Britain First" group.

The day the results in the UK were declared, Miller tweeted at the Governor of Texas Greg Abbott.

For many the logic is simple, the size of a country means it should be independent:

Some Texans have been waiting for this moment:

The Texas Nationalist Movement is the latest in a line of secessionist movements since the Lost Cause. The movement boasts 219,000 likes on Facebook, which is more than the combined total of the Texas Democratic Party and Texas Republican Party.

Similar to the British Leave campaign, much of the rhetoric focuses on over regulation

Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump rejected the idea of a Texit, with the response:

Texas loves me.

This rejection of Texan independence contrasts with the congratulations he offered Britain on Friday for voting to leave the EU. Arriving in Scotland Trump tweeted:

Sue Perkins had something to say about the inaccuracy of this statement:

Texit could be the newest entry on a long list of omni-shambolic consequences of the British vote to leave the European Union. It's already felled a Prime Minister, a European Trade Commissioner, and a Shadow Foreign Secretary. Will Texas be the next loss?

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