The contrast is telling. The Scottish government offers a sensible, practical proposal that would work to the mutual benefit of both Scotland and rUK, and the British establishment dismisses it in a knee-jerk reaction without being able to give anything remotely like a sound reason. Increasingly, the UK government and its agencies are looking like spoilt brats who would rather break a toy rather than share it. Such petty, petulant conduct does not bode well for the negotiations which will be required after a Yes vote next year. But we should not be too concerned. We should bear in mind that a Yes vote changes everything. The negotiations will not be conducted in the same atmosphere as the campaign. Perhaps the loudest noise we will hear on the morning of 19 September 2014 will not be the jubilant cheering of Scotlands people but the screeching of brakes as hordes of British politicians perform simultaneous U-turns.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 06:50:20 +0000
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