Most of What Youre Hearing About Scottish Independence Is Wrong: Scottish independence would change almost nothing. It would have little long-term effect on the economy, or on the Scottish budget. Currently, Scotland is a largely self-governing nation of five million people within the European Union. If Scotland votes for independence, within a couple of years it will be… er… a largely self-governing nation of five million people within the European Union. The main effect of Scottish independence, in fact, would be on England. Scotland is overwhelmingly left-wing when it comes to voting for the British parliament. David Cameron’s Conservative party has just one member from north of the border. Nearly all Scottish MPs are Labour or Scottish Nationalist, a party that on most issues is well to the left of Labour. Remove Scotland from the equation, and British politics ceases to be such a two-horse race. The Conservatives hold a substantial edge in the rest of the country. The main effect of Scottish independence, therefore, would be to deal a devastating blow to the British Labour Party, and almost certainly secure the Conservatives in power in Westminster for a generation. forbes/sites/brettarends/2014/09/12/would-scottish-independence-destroy-britain/
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:42:18 +0000
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