Independent conundrum

Posted on April 12, 2007
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The Scottish election polls show there is little appetite for independence in Scotland, only an appetite for Labour blood.  This could be particularly damaging to Gordon Brown, who has put himself at the front of the election campaign.  Yet if the SNP win, which it seems is likely, they will hold a referendum on independence.  Can anyone tell me why the majority of a minority are allowed to decide the future of the minority of the majority of the UK, which will certainly have knock on effects for everyone?

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3 Responses to “Independent conundrum”

  1. steve roberts on April 12th, 2007 3:52 pm

    Clearly it is only reasonable for the whole of the UK to be consulted on whether Scotland should recover its indepedence, however the principle of self-determination requires that if Scotland votes for independence it should be granted, regardless of the wishes of the rest of the UK. I do wonder however what would happen if Scotland voted ‘no’ and the rest of the UK voted ‘yes’.

  2. IanP on April 12th, 2007 5:17 pm

    Perhaps we should continue the campaign for an English parliament, then to hold a referendum on whether England would like to leave the Union.

    That would leave Gordon with a bigger problem, as it would leave Scotland, Wales and NI being ruled from London.

  3. Richard Havers on April 14th, 2007 9:03 am

    The amazing thing is that Labour can’t leave the election to the Farce Minister because he always lives up to his name - Joke. The fact that almost all the high profile election events have a London import is staggering.

    I blogged about this on 1 April and was not joking
    http://haveringhavers.blogspot.com/2007/04/whats-joke.html

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