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talkpoliticsApparently our Roops has come out in favour of Scottish Independence.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/10/rupert-murdoch-hints-support-scottish-independence
So does the panel think that it's now all over bar the shouting? Or is there still some game in the old Union?
Nevertheless, when the Scots break the Union, the West-Lothian question will have been answered once and for all as far as Scots MP's are concerned, and for many English folk, that will be a good thing.
I think though, that despite being a unionist myself, if the Scots want to go, they should go. It's not an economic decision, it is one of national identity, emotion, and sentiment. And being a poor Scot may well feel better than being a marginally less poor Briton. But being only half-Celt myself, the emotional doesn't sway me entirely, and I'm cynical about how this will look when the Navy shipyards relocate to Portsmouth, and the Banks to London.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/10/rupert-murdoch-hints-support-scottish-independence
So does the panel think that it's now all over bar the shouting? Or is there still some game in the old Union?
Nevertheless, when the Scots break the Union, the West-Lothian question will have been answered once and for all as far as Scots MP's are concerned, and for many English folk, that will be a good thing.
I think though, that despite being a unionist myself, if the Scots want to go, they should go. It's not an economic decision, it is one of national identity, emotion, and sentiment. And being a poor Scot may well feel better than being a marginally less poor Briton. But being only half-Celt myself, the emotional doesn't sway me entirely, and I'm cynical about how this will look when the Navy shipyards relocate to Portsmouth, and the Banks to London.
