Should Labour Voters Be Careful What They Wish For?

[naomi24]

//Paddy Ashdown has said: "The SNP has got one aim. They're are not coming south to help Westminster work. They are coming south as a Scottish raiding party to burn Westminster down and to make the thing dysfunctional.//

//SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has ruled out any post-election deal with the Conservative Party. However she has said she is open to supporting Labour on a case-by-case basis. Miliband has ruled out a formal coalition with the SNP, but another looser deal remains a possibility.//

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/30/snp-coming-to-burn-westminster-down-warns-lord-ashdown_n_6967228.html

[anneasquith]

your venom ( English voters ) appears to be misplaced, rather than abuse the SNP and Scottish politics. maybe the 'blame' should be placed at the doors of tory/labour/lib dem. parties who can't even get a majority lead. their apathy and contempt for the voters has come back to ' slap them in the face '.

[Pete65]

Complete nonsense!
SNP do not hate anyone!

[anneasquith]

pete. I didn't say SNP hated anyone ?

[Pete65]

No, Anne, you certainly did not.
My post was intended for Icecream.

[youngmafbog]

It's not a matter of hate, the SNP will, quite rightly, have to fight for the best deal for Scotland.

And if this means holding Milliband to ransom I'm sure they will do it.

Any SNP/Labour pact could therefore ruin labour for good. I certainly would not want to be in Millibands shoes should he not be in a position to form a majority.

[Jackdaw33]

Neither Labour nor Tory should have any truck with the SNP. Whoever has the most seats should form a minority government. If the SNP wish to vote it down then fine, this will lead to another election, which will concentrate the minds of the electorate.

[Colmc54]

I think leaving the EU makes good sense for the English economy. We vastly import more from the EU, in cars alone (Mercs, VWs Volvos, Citroens, Fiats, Seats...) and second to our homes cars are the most expensive thing we in England have to invest in.

For the rest of the UK it is not so clear cut. Not only has England borne the brunt of the mass exodus out of Europe into our country but also the EU has been more active in supporting and subsidising projects in the other kingdoms of the UK for which it has more sympathy.

I think England should vote to leave the EU but with that decision we must recognise the need to allow the other Kingdoms of the UK the opportunity to break away by allowing them to have their own referendums on independence. It's only fair (that ambiguous word).

On leaving we could impose import duties on all the Mercs, VWs etc. while saving billions in our membership fees in what is an increasingly one way street- people coming in and revenue going out.

David Cameron knows how inequitable our relationship with the EU is on many levels. I doubt he will succeed in righting them though his electoral success demands that we should support his efforts.

A non-EU England with our huge consumer base would be able to enter into reciprocal trade arrangements with the rest of the world as it is today, especially the Commonwealth, into which I feel it's high time to invite the US to join.

The Scottish supremacists brought this on by showing how over-represented they are in the UK government in proportion to the number of UK citizens that voted for them in comparison with UKIP.

They crossed the Rubicon at the general election and the sooner they leave the better for both countries in the long term. I would say the best solution would be if Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland formed their own nation after rejoining the EU and made their own way in the world. They blame England for everything but like all children realise when they grow up they have to realise that the only person you should blame is yourself.