Interesting perspective from DD. Scarily cant find anything to disagree with. Hes on about what Johann Lamont would probably describe as wee things and summarises neatly why social justice would remain a priority in Scotland without any romanticised bullshit about our innate egalitarian nature. Full article -scottishreview.net/DavidDonnison140.shtml ........but if staying in the UK seems likely to mean living in a country that leaves the European Union (Miliband, if he wins the election, has not yet promised a referendum on that, but neither has he refused one); if it is to be a country that continues to impose increasingly punitive and humiliating sanctions on its poorest citizens who live on social security benefits (Labour spokespersons on this subject seem determined to show they will match the Tories brutalities); if the Human Rights Act is to be repealed (as our present home secretary promises); if the UK continues to have the most centralised government in the Western world (strangling local governments and killing off civic leadership); if green policies are to have low priority; and if our armed forces are to remain mercenary outriders to American foreign policy; then I would rather get out, whatever the hazards of independence.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 10:52:38 +0000
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