Should Scotland Be An Independant Country?

Question

People always debate about whether or not Scotland should be its own Nation. After all, William Wallace fought and died for freedom, and indepedance, and it was granted. For a while. Then England took over again. Should we fight for our independance once again?

And another thing, why does England refuse to accept Scottish Bank Notes?? They're still pounds Sterling. They're still British notes. We accept English notes, but they refuse to accept ours. What's up with that?!

I never mentioned Braveheart either!

Answer 1

Yea, why not, go for it. Don`t think you will have to fight though, you can just have it.

I`ve never had a Scottish bank note refused.
Do you know there are 6 million Scots
1 million of those live in England..
Did you also know that the Scottish Executive have stated that even including the income from oil, Scotland will have a huge financial deficit if they become independent. Militarily a country of 5 million cannot defend itself. The loss will be to Scotland and i`m not trying to offend, because i really don`t care enough one way or the other, but the Scots go on and on about it, not the English. Do the research, do some sums, is it really a wise choice for Scotland.

Answer 2

Well, for a start, we might have been invaded by our English neighbours but they never conquered us. Wallace was part of the Underground resistance to the overlordship of our land by the English. It was the Pope who evenutally recognised Scotland as a nation on its own. In fact Scotland has been a ntion since the 9th Century, so it was in fact a ntion before England was.

England never took over again. We became part of the United Kingdom, but only because the rich nobles were the only ones that could vote & they were "bocht an sold fir Inglis geld". The common man/woman of Scotland didn't want this Union that's for sure.

As for the Bank notes...they are legal tender in England (apart from the £1 note). If any shop there refuses to serve you because you try to use that then take your custom elsewhere. They'll be the mugs losing the money & the custom.

Funnily enough the Bank of England was founded by a Scotsman. Isn't that ironic?

Answer 3

They should think twice about it. There is no logic in sending your investments abroad for English people, unless Scotland is a Tax Haven. Mr. Brown spoke out against these, when addressing the US Congress. With a post-industrial Scotland heavily reliant on Financial Services and North Sea Oil running out, the ideal time for Independence was the 1970s in retrospect.

Answer 4

I hope I live long enough too see an independent Scotland. Jim C makes a point I made in answer to a similar question - the English will be glad to get rid of us once the oil runs out . I think the English that rant about high social spending in Scotland are talking through ignorance as they do over a lot of things. There is a lot of jealousy because life is so much better here. Not only should they be grateful for our oil revenues but all those clever Scottish politicians. They don't seem to be able to come up with any of their own. Poor souls.

Answer 5

Heh, I just asked the same about England. I hope that we can get Independence together, then we might begin to realise our similarities and a strong friendship will emerge.

Oh, by the way, England didn't take Scotland again. James VI of SCOTLAND gained the English throne through succession and brought the two together. Blame him and don't believe Braveheart, it's a film.

Don't take the banknote thing personally, we don't accept Northern Irish ones either.

Answer 6

Alex Salmond has rejuvenated Scottish & British politics to a new level by giving and showing us there is a alternative to New Labour and the old Cons . Maybe Alec could reunite the uk and become the president of Scotland and the other bits joined on and scattered about apart from the isle of man ,they bikes make a hell of a racket.

Answer 7

Doesn't bother me I'm Welsh and it doesn't affect me one way or another. I think it would be a shame to break up the UK though.

All this nonsense about William Wallace - you do know how Scotland became part of the UK don't you? Their King James inherited the throne of England! England didn't "take over!!!"

You need to break out your history books rather than watching crappy Mel Gibson films.

Answer 8

As being English , I do not think it will make a lot of difference , so if you want to be independant go for it.

But saying that , I doubt that Scotland want to break all ties with the rest of the UK

And as for your pound notes , I have taken them for years , and don't have a problem with them at all

Answer 9

Ive got a better idea,
all the Jocks move south, and the few English that are left can move north, as long as you take all the league of nations with you, as has already been said Scotland already have the reigns in their hands

Answer 10

How large is Scotland and how many people live there? Do they have the tax base needed to sustain social services? Do they have the business and industrial base needed to sustain a viable economy? As part of the UK, Scotland has a strong presence in the EU. Would they remain in the upper echelon of EU economies, or fall to the bottom? There's alot to think about.