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Nicola Sturgeon Says Independence Is In Reach For Scotland
Is this something she strives for and is a personal goal or do the Scots wish to break away from the Union ,we have I’m sure,many Scottish people on AB, I wonder what their thoughts are about ‘going it alone’
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why on earth anyone would want to vote for a party who increased level of income tax to higher than the rest of the UK beats me. Her and Salmond once said vote for us and we'll get rid of council tax. Well, they were voted in an you'll never guess, wait for it, they didn't. Shock, horror. A year after minimum price for alcohol was introduced, did they brag about how...
20:21 Tue 05th Nov 2019
//...and it follows that it might be argued that English ways are a drag on Scottish potential.//
Why? In what way do "English ways" (whatever they might be) drag down Scottish potential?
//45% of voters voted for independence, the SNP should get around about 40-45% of vote in the election//
It's not quite that simple. In 2017 (just looking at Scotland alone) the SNP polled 36.9% of the votes but were returned in 60% of the Scottish seats. So only about a third of those who voted in Scotland seemed to support the SNP. This is hardly the overwhelming majority they claim supports their (seemingly one and only) cause. Surely if the electorate in Scotland was champing at the bit for independence, more than a third of them would have voted for the only party committed to ensuring it.
Independence will be a far bigger deal for Scotland than Brexit will ever be for the UK (provided the "rump" of the UK that remains does not shower Scotland with money and gifts on its departure). Scotland has no currency, insufficient funds to enjoy the lifestyle it has become accustomed to, no realistic means of making up the difference and is currently responsible for 50% of the UK's annual deficit. None of these things apply to the UK/EU relationship.
Why? In what way do "English ways" (whatever they might be) drag down Scottish potential?
//45% of voters voted for independence, the SNP should get around about 40-45% of vote in the election//
It's not quite that simple. In 2017 (just looking at Scotland alone) the SNP polled 36.9% of the votes but were returned in 60% of the Scottish seats. So only about a third of those who voted in Scotland seemed to support the SNP. This is hardly the overwhelming majority they claim supports their (seemingly one and only) cause. Surely if the electorate in Scotland was champing at the bit for independence, more than a third of them would have voted for the only party committed to ensuring it.
Independence will be a far bigger deal for Scotland than Brexit will ever be for the UK (provided the "rump" of the UK that remains does not shower Scotland with money and gifts on its departure). Scotland has no currency, insufficient funds to enjoy the lifestyle it has become accustomed to, no realistic means of making up the difference and is currently responsible for 50% of the UK's annual deficit. None of these things apply to the UK/EU relationship.
Much the way a family member opting to leave the family would.
There is strength in unity; as long as the union isn't so large you realise that you are no longer in sufficient control. That's why groups should share the same culture, and at most stay normal country size. The UK has a parliament we can all vote candidates to, and which decides what it's agenda is. Some other groupings simply have an elite that dictates to the rubber stampers what is changing next.
There is strength in unity; as long as the union isn't so large you realise that you are no longer in sufficient control. That's why groups should share the same culture, and at most stay normal country size. The UK has a parliament we can all vote candidates to, and which decides what it's agenda is. Some other groupings simply have an elite that dictates to the rubber stampers what is changing next.
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