Scotland's 'explosive' push to secede from the U.K.

The Week ^ | JANUARY 13, 2012,

[rmlew]

Most American’s don’t know how bad Scotland is. (I suggest that they watch “Trainspotting”.) Seriously though, it is a socialist wreck living off the welfare they vote on to steal from the English. I don’t believe that there is a single “Conservative” constituency in Scotland anymore.

[Caulkhead]

“If I had the only choices of living in Scotland or England today, it would be no contest.

Scotland.”

Well, it’s not often on Freerepublic someone admits to wanting to live in an entirely socialist country!

The polls on this topic are interesting - every poll shows the English are far more keen for Scotland to become independent than the scots are. Scottish independence would be great news for British conservatives - the scots have 1 conservative and 50 socialist MP’s at Westminster. When Scotland is gone it will be much harder for labour to win a general election.

Of course independence is a relative thing - the nationalists still want to keep the queen as their head of state and the pound as their currency but of course pretty soon they’ll get swallowed up by the EU and become just another Ireland on the balance sheets.

Still fancy it?

[packrat35]

That’s because the best of the Scots emigrated to the US long ago.

[LachlanMinnesota]

Aye, Laddie...as with me.

Scotland is it. If they were to set up an environment that enticed business and manufacturing, it could do well.

The mountains are most beautiful...

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“Scotland is a beautiful country, and deserves to be independent.”

Hmmm, only if you can build a high, containing wall around glasgow. The rest of Scotland might then become a reasonable place to be.

[moose07]

Wall on hot standby...LOL.

[RedMDer]

Click the link. The Republic you save may be your own.

[Mike Darancette]

I can’t think of anything that Scotland alone can offer the world in exchange for money and food.

[Pure Country]

I can’t think of anything that Scotland alone can offer the world in exchange for money and food.

The best bagpipe concerts........well, I guess Canada puts on the best concerts, so.....I'm not sure. Great wool?

[OSHA]

The Romans were smart cookies. Hadrian's wall is the southern boundary of the worlds largest insane asylum.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Say goodbye to the £20Bn subsidy Scotland receives each year to maintain its self. It will be good to have a little bit of piece and quiet without the constant whining about things that happened centuries ago. Oh boy, Scotland your in for some fun times ,Bye!

The Scots most likely will pick up ownership of the oil fields of their coast.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Say goodbye to the £20Bn subsidy Scotland receives each year to maintain its self. It will be good to have a little bit of piece and quiet without the constant whining about things that happened centuries ago. Oh boy, Scotland your in for some fun times ,Bye!

The Scots most likely will pick up ownership of the oil fields of their coast.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

That’s because the best of the Scots emigrated to the US long ago.

They got thrown out in the Highland clearances to make pastures for sheep owned by English lords.

[moose07]

The Scots most likely will pick up ownership of the oil fields of their coast.

That is probably most likely, however most are outside the Twelve mile territorial limit.
Should be an interesting bun-fight.

[Uriah_lost]

I started a pretty good fight with those words in a Glasgow pub a few years back. As a Wallace, my time in Scotland was equal parts joy and bitter disappointment... and a couple of good scuffles.

[Uriah_lost]

and promptly surrender them to their new masters in Brussels....

[central_va]

Say goodbye to the £20Bn subsidy Scotland receives each year to maintain its self. It will be good to have a little bit of piece and quiet without the constant whining about things that happened centuries ago.

Well since the brave Scots would no longer be feeding the Inland Revenue Service I would say they will come out ahead. Now where is my bottle of Dewars?

[moose07]

I wish them well, and hope they can feed their own exchequer with enough revenue to operate the country in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
£11k per head from the government to subsidise all services as opposed to £10K for the rest of the U.K.
Money flows both ways across that border not just one way.
Last year Scotland provided 9.3% (6 billion of that from Oil) of the U.K revenues and received 9.4% in return,with defence etc given for free.
The extra loads put on their economy will be bailed out by the E.U no doubt.
I hope they think long and hard about this and don't just act out of bravado.

[central_va]

Well one would think that the Scots would be MORE free than in the UK. It wouldn’t make sense to leave one set of political /economical constraints for even more constraints and less freedom. A Scotland unencumbered by the rigors of Central govt might prosper. Showing us the way. Couldn’t hurt, what’s happening now isn’t sustainable.

[moose07]

Well one would think that the Scots would be MORE free than in the UK. It wouldn’t make sense to leave one set of political /economical constraints for even more constraints and less freedom. A Scotland unencumbered by the rigors of Central govt might prosper. Showing us the way. Couldn’t hurt, what’s happening now isn’t sustainable.

Their current laws are actually more supportive of freedom than Englands already,eg right to roam.
If they do achieve even half of what you have stated then i for one will be moving north.
We will keep an eye on proceedings with interest, in the mean time must go ,goodnight.