Will Scotland ever be a fully independant nation?

Answer 1

Would it be in Scotland's interests to be "fully independant"? It seems it does reasonably well from having its own parliament (no tuition fees, free personal healthcare) as well as economic benefits from the Barnett Formula. And where would the Labour get it's UK leadership from...?

Answer 2

Big Kenny ,We've had a Scot in charge since 97 ,unles you're suggesting Edinburgh is not in Scotland.

The Question you should be asking is would Scotland be better off as an independent nation .What i mean by that is would those that live and work in Scotland be financially better off in an independent Scotland or worse off .If the answer is worse off then there is no point .Bottom line is how much money you have in your pocket at the end of the week after tax etc

Answer 3

Only if the Scottish people want it and I don't see the SNP riding to power on a wave of nationalistic pride.

Sorry to say the time has past. If that had happened in the late 1960s, Scotland may have become another Norway. But the oil peak is past and although some may say better lean freedom than fat slavery, most of the Scottish population seem to be content with the Union.

On a positive note, I think the Scottish Parliament (new building aside) are doing some pretty good things; such as free care for the elderly, free eye tests and not charging tuition fees at university. We can still be leaders for the rest of Britain to follow!

Answer 4

I sincerely hope so! I would do everything in my power were I a politician to give scotland its complete independance from England, with one proviso - that the Scotch raise hadrian's wall at least another 15ft! It has been my unfortunately bad experience on the occassions I've been up there that have led me to believe that Scotland is cold barren and desolate place filled with cold barren and desolate people!

Of course it'll never happen while the British government still require Scotland to gain access to the oil fields on its northern coastlines. Once that's depleted however, I think we'll find the government of the day far more amenable to the concept of devolution. after all it has nothing else to offer the uk save left wing politicians!

It should be noted in fairness however that all the independance votes there have been in the past have gone horribly pear shaped for the advocates of devolution by the Scottish citizens themselves. Pity, if I had my way i'd saw it off at Cumbria and let it flow majestically into the Arctic!

Answer 5

Independence has been shown to be an impractical option for Scotland, not in the sense that it is impossible to conceive, or that it could not work, but in that it seems extremely unlikely to be an achievable goal at this time. Nonetheless, its unfeasibility as a political goal is linked to its feasibility as a reality, a subject which has been much disputed.

Answer 6

I'm English, I'm not obsessed with the unity of the UK.

I'd be happy if Scotland (Wales, Nth Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands) wanted ''complete'' independance and all that this entails.


Sash.

Answer 7

Probably not, because the current crop of nationalists are idiots.

They say they want sepearation from England (rest of the UK?) because they don't like outside bodies farting about with Scottish politics....and yet they want an independent Scotland to join the European Union.

Answer 8

Hope not.
Unfortunately the answer to this question lies in the hands of the english and welsh electorate. The "west lothian question" is causing a rift in the union and a rise in right wing english nationalism, which is compacted by the rise in assylum seekers and illeagal immigrants to Britain.

The crux of the matter is the revenue of north sea oil which is the wealth of the united kingdom. Where would this revenue end up?

Life in Britain without the act of union would be intolerable to myself and I would be forced to sell up and move abroad.

RULE BRITANNIA

Answer 9

No. The United Kingdom of Great Britain (and Northern Ireland) is the best place for us to be.

Answer 10

Oh yes that would be nice wouldn't it? It would give those nasty small minded biggots another race o' people to be against, and they'd probably re-build Hadrian's wall. But would the Scots still have the right to vote in our parliament?