Can England Survive without Scotland, and Wales?

Question

When giving an answer, please give facts and figures, for or against.

Answer 1

Of course England can survive without Scotland and Wales. However...the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts.

Aaaaaand if you want an interesting fact and figure. If had not been for the Scots block voting for Labour, the Conservatives would have won all but three (1918, 1926 and 1997) of the general elections of the twentieth century just counting votes from England and Wales.

Imagine that......71 consecutive years of Tory rule.

Answer 2

I think each country currently survives as they are. What exactly you mean by without, is not clear.

Complete and total separation is unlikely to be possible, however much one might want it. The question of dependence, or independence is one of degree.

One could imagine a scenario, where Wales and Scotland converted to the Euro and introduced border checks on the border with England. This would enable physical and financial barriers to be erected which would test this theory.

The extent to which Scotland and Wales are dependent on England, would extend to the question of how much Scotland and Wales are dependent on the European Union MORE than they are with England.

The figures which I could quote, would come from sources which cannot be relied upon. One must use ones own judgement, in assessing where money and other assets are accumulated and lost.

Ultimately, the question would be can Scotland and Wales provide sufficient food, heating, and shelter for its population as a whole. I think the answer to that question is indubitably "yes".

Whether Scotland and Wales would be poorer in relation to where they currently stand in world poverty tables, the answer is possibly yes and possibly no. If this answer is not clear, then the decision can only be whether it is better to feed, heat, and shelter a population and represent that population as a group or whether to be part of a larger group and let other people have responsibility for those decisions.

One can only imagine, that if successful and supported it might emulate the Czech Republic. If unsuccessful and not supported, it is likely to result in some ugly consequences.

Remember the Alamo?

Answer 3

Not really. We pay 45% of our GDP in supporting them & when the N A o W & the Scottish Parliament declare UDP, they will still want us to pay. Look at Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) what that has cost England.
We haven't invaded them & removed Mugabe, he still gets his plane loads of whiskey from Stanstead as did big daddy in Uganda.
One thing for sure we must keep our oil, gas & minerals in the seas around Britain.

Answer 4

um, england couldn't survive WITH Scotland and Wales.

Think WWII

better question would have been, "can the brits survive without the USA?"

Answer 5

What a loaded question! Can you please give facts and figures that state why England will not, as you say, 'Survive'?

England would not only survive but prosper, and the rest of you can have fun in your socialist paradises.

Answer 6

Of course,but what a pathetic trio we would be