Scotland

Should Cameron resign if the Yes wins?

Gerinski wrote: Should Cameron resign if the Yes wins?

I don't see why, he's hardly responsible for Scotland wanting to split away (if indeed they do).

Blacksword wrote: At long last they have the right to vote to be shafted by their own government.

Hmmm...if Scotland secedes I wonder if it will foreshadow a return of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It would certainly give the Republicans the impetus to seek reunification with Eire.

chopper wrote: Gerinski wrote: Should Cameron resign if the Yes wins? I don't see why, he's hardly responsible for Scotland wanting to split away (if indeed they do).

It was difficult to predict and of course the vote is still to close to call. Equal numbers of Scots DON'T want independence. Lets not forget that.

I take enormous pleasure blaming Cameron for everything from the weather to dog turds on playing fields - obviously - but this isn't something that can be hung on him imo. Indeed, the opposition would also be guilty of under estimating the strength of feeling in the yes camp, if this were the case.

That said, I did think that all three manin parties did look desperate running up to Scotland in a show of uncharacteristic solidarity at the 11th hour.

I hope the YES wins. Self-determination of the peoples of the Earth is always good even if we end up with 12346 little countries everywhere... Then they will just start re-uniting again and we'll go back to a healthy number around 300 hundred. And maybe finally empires will come back and will reduce that even further. 

I hope the Yes wins because this will give Brussels a good smack in the chops that they have deserved for so long.

It's worse than that:  not only does he think EU membership is guaranteed, but that they'll be "fasttracked" because they're a successor state to an EU member, never mind that he was told time and time again that they would have to apply through the normal channels and processes.  Also (European friends, please help me out), aren't new EU members required to adopt the euro?  (i.e., the UK was "grandfathered" in).

I don't think Scotland wants to be part of NATO, so no worry there, even though they'll still benefit from the alliance should it come down to it.  (some of the silliest internet talk has involved Putin invading Scotland)

The currency issue is the worst of all - he's convinced himself a currency union will happen despite, again, being told over and over by Westminster that it absolutely will not.  Why he thinks a representative from an independent country will have a say in the deliberations of the BoE is beyond my comprehension.

Looks like some pro independence thugs are starting to show their true colours. Not very British...

Guardian article

Edited by Blacksword - September 18 2014 at 10:32