Pavilionaire
Well-known member
- Jul 7, 2003
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The Scottish Nationalists won't know whether Scotland will be better or worse off folowing independence, but one fact is certain. Great Britain and the United Kingdom globally will become weaker, less influential, the Commonwealth will be destabilised and we could lose our veto on the UN Council.
The whole thing is illogical. We now live in a global economy and Brussels calls the shots. How much real political diversity is there between Blair, Clegg and Cameron?
The whole thing is also unworkable. The nuclear bases are in Scotland and it would take billions to relocate to England. What about transport links? The English could quite legitimately create transport fast links between London - Manchester - Newcastle - London and cut Scotland adrift. Where's the incentive to connect up with Scotland when deprived Northern towns could win back business from north of the border.
The SNP desire to have a referendum in 2014 is fuelled by the "Bannockburn Factor" it being the 700th anniversary of the famous battle where Proud Edward's Army were sent homeward to think again. The SNP's only hope is to stoke up Nationalism for 2 years and then - potentially - they might have 51% of voters. It's still unlikely though.
Scottish Nationalism, like English Nationalism, is a bit of a fairy story. Even in 1707 - more than 300 years ago - both England and Scotland saw sense in Union and what happened after that point? The UK never looked back, spending the next 200 years conquering the globe.
The whole thing is illogical. We now live in a global economy and Brussels calls the shots. How much real political diversity is there between Blair, Clegg and Cameron?
The whole thing is also unworkable. The nuclear bases are in Scotland and it would take billions to relocate to England. What about transport links? The English could quite legitimately create transport fast links between London - Manchester - Newcastle - London and cut Scotland adrift. Where's the incentive to connect up with Scotland when deprived Northern towns could win back business from north of the border.
The SNP desire to have a referendum in 2014 is fuelled by the "Bannockburn Factor" it being the 700th anniversary of the famous battle where Proud Edward's Army were sent homeward to think again. The SNP's only hope is to stoke up Nationalism for 2 years and then - potentially - they might have 51% of voters. It's still unlikely though.
Scottish Nationalism, like English Nationalism, is a bit of a fairy story. Even in 1707 - more than 300 years ago - both England and Scotland saw sense in Union and what happened after that point? The UK never looked back, spending the next 200 years conquering the globe.