Is Scottish independence a 'good or bad' thing?

We work to keep London safe! The whole focus is on LONDON.

How is it to keep London safe?

I keep hearing this, but how is this the case? What is being done to keep London safe?

The point is that the negotiations over independence will happen before we have a chance to re-elect him. So yes, it very much is about Alex Salmond as he will be the person who largely determines what an independent Scotland will look like.


As an Aberdonian, I fail to see why money generated in Aberdeenshire is better spent in Glasgow than in London. Either way Aberdeen looses money.

Loses* and as a fellow aberdonian, London is closer to Paris than it is my country. Scotland has problems and we should not be losing this amount of money to keep ENGLAND comfortable, it should be to better help those suffering in scotland.

You originally argued that Scotland puts more money in than it gets out. If we become independent that situation will not change. The same areas of Scotland which currently generate the most money (Edinburgh, Aberdeen etc) will still loose out.

Lose* we put more money into England and do not receive it back in aid of our own country. I'm fine with putting out more money than receiving back, as long as that money is not wasted due to the economic mess of Westminster after focussing too much on England - which it has been.

No, it cannot because that would assume Scotland is a hegemonic state, when it really isn't. You just need to look at a map of the election results to see that Labour voters are concentrated into a relatively small part of Scotland:


It's largely left wing. Therefore we need a left wing government. SNP provide us with this

More people voted against him than for him. Therefore, by your own logic, he shouldn't be FM?

SNP are left wing - we asked for left wing. I amen't complaining greatly.

Really? He is the only left winger I know who wants to cut tax rates for big business.

We supply the whole of LONDON with water.

We supply the whole of LONDON with water. We work efficiently to build up London's economy and keep it economically excelling. Can't accept that? Look at the figures

Loses* and as a fellow aberdonian, London is closer to Paris than it is my country. Scotland has problems and we should not be losing this amount of money to keep ENGLAND comfortable, it should be to better help those suffering in scotland.

Lose* we put more money into England and do not receive it back in aid of our own country. I'm fine with putting out more money than receiving back, as long as that money is not wasted due to the economic mess of Westminster after focussing too much on England - which it has been.

It's largely left wing. Therefore we need a left wing government. SNP provide us with this

and rid scotland of this bedroom tax - he plans on introducing a lot of left wing reforms

Scotland is a left wing country. There's no way around it. Considering salmond is SNP then yes he is fairly left wing. I'd say that abolishing bedroom tax etc are moves of a left winger. Don't sit and complain about Salmond when overall scotland elected him. At least he reflects the seats given to him by the scots rather than Cameron who has an undeserved power over scotland. Scotland's divide is between SNP and Labour, both left wing. The Tories have no place here, really.

Misrepresentation here. Yes and No gap is closing with swing towards Yes, and No votes falling.

Do you have evidence that it is about Scottish people versus English people?

and rid scotland of this bedroom tax - he plans on introducing a lot of left wing reforms

I could spend many hours trawling through this thread alone to give you examples but I will leave that to you.

The most glaring examples are when Yes voters, and indeed No voters, talk about England in place of RUK. They talk about voting tendencies in England, cultural differences with England, Westminster only caring about England and many more. Not once are any stereotypes about Wales and Northern Ireland put forward and not once have those nations been explicitly criticised.

You are being blind ignorant to say that the referendum has nothing to do with anti English sentiment.


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Why would we Yes voters talk about northern ireland or wales when they don't control us? This isn't some personal thing where we all just dislike RUK (or as you believe, england) this is a political thing where we no longer want to be controlled by Westminster and want to have our own government.

Why would we Yes voters talk about northern ireland or wales when they don't control us? This isn't some personal thing where we all just dislike RUK (or as you believe, england) this is a political thing where we no longer want to be controlled by Westminster and want to have our own government.

I could spend many hours trawling through this thread alone to give you examples but I will leave that to you.

The most glaring examples are when Yes voters, and indeed No voters, talk about England in place of RUK. They talk about voting tendencies in England, cultural differences with England, Westminster only caring about England and many more. Not once are any stereotypes about Wales and Northern Ireland put forward and not once have those nations been explicitly criticised.

You are being blind ignorant to say that the referendum has nothing to do with anti English sentiment.


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England doesn't control us.

The Scottish Tories are now Scotland's third biggest party-think of that before whining about how 'nobody votes Tory in Scotland'.


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