Could England survive Scotland gaining it's Independence?

Answer 1

No , we provide the oil money which england would be sore to lose. We also provise 6-10 th's of the tourist income for the UK

Answer 2

Do you mean will the government collapse and England (and presumably Wales and Northern Ireland) go into anarchy? No. Well we shall certainly have to have a general election - and we will effectively turn into a one-party state (most of Labour's power comes from Scotland), and things will certainly change a lot - but the remainder of former-britain will carry on.

Personally I think having Scotland as a completely seperate nation (in the sense that France [for instance] and Belgium are seperate, not federated in any way) is a really stupid idea. It doesn't achieve anything except give nationalists something to crow about. Scotland may have lots of natural resources, but it's a lot poorer than England is, and without all those English taxpayers to support it Scotland may well end up quite a bit worse off.

A far better idea would be to carry on with devolution and to have Scotland as a practically-independent federated state - much like the states are in the US. British law and government still has an overarching juristiction, but on a local level Scotland will run itself. This is pretty much what happens anyway.

Answer 3

Of course. If England cannot survive without Scotland tehn it is nothing more than a parasite feeding off the lifeblood of another. I know this is not the case. I'm sure there will be a long period of adjustment, but England has a strong economy and can survive. The two countries will never completely sever ties with each other.

Answer 4

I think both countries would be the losers in the long term.
I do expect it to happen. Apart from the 'weight' of history there is no 'good' reason that makes Scotts and English feel they need each other.

The momentum, built on historical hatred, is with those who seek independence. It is also hard to argue for the status quo to continue in a democracy when the people who are active are the ones who want independence.

I don't see any groundswell of opinion in Scotland demanding we keep the Union, only those who think 'it will never change' no one is promoting the Union as a good thing except in opportunistic rallies where they think it says the right things to a particular section of voters.

Answer 5

Yes.

In London it has an important financial sector and flexible working regulations that will attract foreign investment .

Scotland can easily support itself from its oil and gas revenues, any extra jobs that this may create English workers will have access to as it is more than probable that both will remain in the EEA and its free movement of workers.

This could be a benefit for England as it will ease the burden on London and the South East which economically supports the whole country and sadly as a result the whole nation heads here.

"No matter as we are all falling from power and grace" - who ever stated that here, I haven't a clue what you are on about. Britain's economy has become a far stronger economy since shedding its empire in the last 40 years.

And Chi Guy, the "Great" in Great Britain is a geographical expression not self praise on our part. And our empire doesn't have anymore to apologise for than any of the others do.

Answer 6

I think if Scotland gained independance it would be the best thing to happen to Scotland in a long time. I think England would just carry on as they do now.

Answer 7

The Monarchy is descended from James vi of Scotland. We therefore have a Scottish Queen.

The cabinet is mostly made up of Scottish MP's. The Country is therefore largely governed by the Scots, not the English.

Devolution has now created a situation where on devolved matters Scottish MP's vote on matters relating to England, BUT English MP's cannot vote on devolved matters in Scotland.

Now, what was your question? Who would gain independence from whom? Did you mean England getting independence?

Answer 8

who would they moan about if the scots go their own way for years the english have carried a chip on their shoulders saying the scots get this and that scots have their own language dress and dance what do the english have nothing except what they copy or steal from others if the english had not been thieving bastards hundreds of years ago this question would not require an answer the english are a nation of moaners if its not at the scots its the french and dont mention a german to the english they will resort back to the war at a minutes notice if there playing football against the french its the battle of waterloo all over again if its the germans its WWII they need their own identity

Answer 9

yeh financially we will be better off . but to be honest the sovereignty has been taken from our country by being stealthly joined to the EU but who would notice or care , well everyone will when it ends up on there door step . what u should be asking is could scotland survive on there own.

Answer 10

The two parts are equal to less apart than the two parts are equal together.

Isn't that where all the oil is in the North Sea?