aracer – Member
Regardless, enough about tax, personally I just see it as a bit of a mess and it will ultimately prove to be a route to home rule and then ultimately independence.
You are Alex Salmond and I claim my 5 Scottish Groats.
Haha! Caught! 😉
Nah, my issue is that I see a certain cohesivness of the left(astounding I know) and centre to left beginning to happen in Scotland that I don’t see replicating itself really anywhere else in these islands.
So that coupled with the Nationalists, and it strikes me that the obvious path ahead will be further powers for Scotland(even after these ones, the question/request/demand for more will never go away) resulting in further distance from westminster.
I would love there to be a viable left elsewhere, but it’s just not presenting itself at the moment.
I actually think a parliament in the likes of Manchester would be great and the making of such a thing in England. (but it could also be a double edged sword and maybe signal the break up of the union in itself).
Basically, I don’t really have a lot of confidence the union will last beyond the next 10/20 years. It was just too early this time.
Incidently, food for thought, a political generation in relation to referenda? Already defined by the British government in the GFA? as 7 years.
(I’m just thinking out aloud here btw, as most of my thoughts since friday have been! 😆 .)