Posted on 09/08/2014 5:57:51 AM PDT by C19fan
I’ve read opposing claims about the necessity of Scotland adopting the Euro if it joins the EU, and I don’t know which to believe. In any case, as the EU just said, Scotland would have to reapply as an independent country for EU membership; it doesn’t simply convey from its prior association with the UK.
this story is crap.
long time ago, 1990 era,
people said the Baltic states could not make it
as independents
As for Scotland, the Jacobites and the Highlanders (Gaelic and in some cases Catholic) were quite unhappy with the Act of Union. Their rebellions were crushed by the English and the Lowlanders, who are of Anglic origin, or at least Anglicized Celts, and many of the survivors were exiled, some to slavery, others to North America.
I was in Scotland last month and the vast majority of people I talked to were for independence. They know it will be rough but they would rather be run by their own idiots than the ones in Westminster.
I, too, think the Scots should vote for independence.
If I recall correctly, our own country was told it couldn’t make it without England and the crown running the show. And also, many colonialists were against independence and ratted out their patriot neighbors to the lobster backs.
I’d say, up until 2008, we’ve done pretty damn well with independence.
And I’d also say independent Scots should charge the Queen rent for Balmoral and Hollyrood House.
That should help with any deficit....
Yes, it needs to apply, and Britain was given that LB exemption or whatever it was, Scotland won’t be, it will not inherit Britain’s exemption and won’t be given one.
As I said, I am not up on the details, but this, to me, comes across as not all that well thought out.... but what do I know.
Why shouldn’t the people of Scotland get to decide for themselves about who will govern them?
The same reasoning I use to support state secession if it were wished for here in the USA.
Me, I’m a REPUBLICAN. In case you republicrats have forgotten, this means I’m ANTI-MONARCHIST and ANTI-EMPIRE by definition. Long live a free Scotland, period!
As for EU membership, it is not at all clear that Scotland would have an easy entry and, for that matter, it's not clear how much Scotland would gain from it.
Scotland is not a colony, it is a fully integrated member of the UK and its citizens are equal (perhaps even better represented) than the English.
As with you, the yes campaign is based on romantic idealism rather than reality, which is a rather leftist tendency.
“That being the case, it is absurd that 9% of the UK population can dissolve the union over the objections of the remaining 91%.”
Whatever you say, King George.
You do realise that this is just the beginning, right? Wales would be pressed to follow and northern Ireland will be partitioned. Finally, northern England with its Labour base will feel more alienated and leave. It would end up just Wessex Essex Sussex and home counties
Was romantic nationalism German (Prussian) or French revolution derived?
The usa is much different. This is no starting point for us secessionism
All the UK would have to do to retain Scotland would be to pay all the pubs to remain open and on the house throughout election day. No one would go to work or to the polls, and some of the money they’d save from not paying for their drinks would wind up folded up in the top of the prostitutes’ stockings.
UK to give Scotland more powers if shuns independence: Osborne
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3201376/posts
Scottish independence: 5 reasons yes is winning
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3201277/posts
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