England wants Scottish Independence
The News of the World reports an ICM poll in which 56% of English people support Scottish independence
So, do 56% of Englanders really want the Scots to end the union and consign the United Kingdom - Great Britain - to history? For that is what Scottish independence means. Somehow I doubt it. But according to Alex Salmond it's not all that apocalyptic because a Scotland that voted for independence could later re-join the United Kingdom if it didn't work out.
Ha ha, do me a favour. Not so Alex, you know full well that it doesn't work like that. A vote for Scottish independence is a vote to end the United Kingdom, so there would be no UK to re-join, and even if the Scots wanted re-union with the now independent England I seriously doubt that the feeling would be mutual.
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Murdo Fraser lays it on a but thick
from Toque on Tue, 12/14/2010 - 13:45Murdo Fraser MSP spins like a top in the Scottish Parliament:
There are critics of the Calman process who think that it is another step on the slippery slope to independence, but I do not think that improving devolution undermines the United Kingdom or t
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Interestingly, most people I
Interestingly, most people I speak to DO want the Union to end.
Would Scottish Independence
Would Scottish Independence mean the end of the Union of Wales, England and Northern Ireland?
Certainly not with Wales
Certainly not with Wales (unless decided otherwise) as England and Wales were together before the UK.
"But according to Alex
"But according to Alex Salmond it's not all that apocalyptic because a Scotland that voted for independence could later re-join the United Kingdom if it didn't work out."
If you want to find out what was really said without the nulab loving BBC/Herald et al spin look at the comments on:
http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/news/display.var.1363380.0.0.php