Scotland the brave?
Or
Scotland the coward?
We hear time and again that Alex Salmond will decide when to call a referendum on independence.
We also hear much about the SNP mandate for governing Scotland.
So what is stopping the SNP calling a referendum?
Lack of courage or belief that they will get an answer that suits them? Or, that once called, whatever the outcome, they will have lost their major, indeed only, bargaining chip with the UK Parliament?
I don't know how the Scots would vote. I sense that they would want to stay with the Union, if given the choice but we may never know because I believe the SNP don't really want a vote.
However, I am not sure that the English would say the same if they were given the choice. And surely when the question is to break or keep a long-standing union is posed, both parties to the union should be consulted - that is, the Scots and the English.
I think it is time for Cameron and the UK Parliament to 'lance this boil' and call a referendum on both sides of the border and not wait on the whims of the wily Alex.
Then once that is out of the way, if Scotland votes for 'freedom' to quote Mel Gibson, they can go on their merry way to a socialist oblivion and the English can remain the conservative and prosperous nation it always has been. (Please, if you comment, do not prattle on about 'Scottish oil' and I promise not to give a lecture on Maritime Law and ocean boundaries)
The interesting thing might be, what if Scotland says no to independence and England says yes?
Scotland decides it wants to stay part of the UK and receive the benefits it now does and England says no we want to have an equal Union where the spend per head in Scotland is equalised to the amount spent in England.
Oh Dear! What then?
Perhaps that's why Alex doesn't want to ask and David is too nice to push him into a corner.
But Alex. Take care, last week Cameron shows he has 'a pair' when needed so either put up, and call a referendum or shut up and stay in your overpriced Edinburgh palace.
Or
Scotland the coward?
We hear time and again that Alex Salmond will decide when to call a referendum on independence.
We also hear much about the SNP mandate for governing Scotland.
So what is stopping the SNP calling a referendum?
Lack of courage or belief that they will get an answer that suits them? Or, that once called, whatever the outcome, they will have lost their major, indeed only, bargaining chip with the UK Parliament?
I don't know how the Scots would vote. I sense that they would want to stay with the Union, if given the choice but we may never know because I believe the SNP don't really want a vote.
However, I am not sure that the English would say the same if they were given the choice. And surely when the question is to break or keep a long-standing union is posed, both parties to the union should be consulted - that is, the Scots and the English.
I think it is time for Cameron and the UK Parliament to 'lance this boil' and call a referendum on both sides of the border and not wait on the whims of the wily Alex.
Then once that is out of the way, if Scotland votes for 'freedom' to quote Mel Gibson, they can go on their merry way to a socialist oblivion and the English can remain the conservative and prosperous nation it always has been. (Please, if you comment, do not prattle on about 'Scottish oil' and I promise not to give a lecture on Maritime Law and ocean boundaries)
The interesting thing might be, what if Scotland says no to independence and England says yes?
Scotland decides it wants to stay part of the UK and receive the benefits it now does and England says no we want to have an equal Union where the spend per head in Scotland is equalised to the amount spent in England.
Oh Dear! What then?
Perhaps that's why Alex doesn't want to ask and David is too nice to push him into a corner.
But Alex. Take care, last week Cameron shows he has 'a pair' when needed so either put up, and call a referendum or shut up and stay in your overpriced Edinburgh palace.
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