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**Loovikeillilen** · 05-13-2007, 06:44 PM

Hi James,
Not an ex-pat Scot, but an Englishman from south of the border. I was overjoyed to hear that the SNP did so well, and like most English people (67% in a poll last week and actually higher than in Scotland, funnily enough) would like Scotland to have full independence. England deserves an English parliament and so does Scotland (which it already has of course, to a degree). We can hope that by the end of the decade the 'union' will be as dead as the Labour party (fingers crossed). Lets smash those shackles that bind us!!!

Very true. Two nations with a lot to offer the world. The English deserve their own parliament as an independent nation (not the unfair majority it has at Westminster) and maybe it will re-ignite what England stands for and re-awaken its own identity. The actual percentage up in Scotland for independence when asked in simple terms "do you want Scots independence" is about 53-57% in favour with "A" percentage, not fussed either way and only around 29% in favour of the status quo. In a question of having a referendum on Scots independence the percentage in favour is over 80%.
The percentage in favour of Scots independence is always higher than the amount in percentage of votes for the SNP, party loyalty may play a part in that. It is believed around a 3rd of the Lib Dem voters favour Scots independence and even players within the Conservative Party (Caledonian Conservatives) and even within the Labour Party. Of course there is small parties like the Scottish Greens and SSP, Solidarity who also want independence.

A social union between our two independent countries is now what we should be looking to in the future, not a union that was forced on both without the consent of the people.

05-13-2007, 06:44 PM	#5
Loovikeillilen Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 459 Senior Member	Hi James, Not an ex-pat Scot, but an Englishman from south of the border. I was overjoyed to hear that the SNP did so well, and like most English people (67% in a poll last week and actually higher than in Scotland, funnily enough) would like Scotland to have full independence. England deserves an English parliament and so does Scotland (which it already has of course, to a degree). We can hope that by the end of the decade the 'union' will be as dead as the Labour party (fingers crossed). Lets smash those shackles that bind us!!! Very true. Two nations with a lot to offer the world. The English deserve their own parliament as an independent nation (not the unfair majority it has at Westminster) and maybe it will re-ignite what England stands for and re-awaken its own identity. The actual percentage up in Scotland for independence when asked in simple terms "do you want Scots independence" is about 53-57% in favour with "A" percentage, not fussed either way and only around 29% in favour of the status quo. In a question of having a referendum on Scots independence the percentage in favour is over 80%. The percentage in favour of Scots independence is always higher than the amount in percentage of votes for the SNP, party loyalty may play a part in that. It is believed around a 3rd of the Lib Dem voters favour Scots independence and even players within the Conservative Party (Caledonian Conservatives) and even within the Labour Party. Of course there is small parties like the Scottish Greens and SSP, Solidarity who also want independence. A social union between our two independent countries is now what we should be looking to in the future, not a union that was forced on both without the consent of the people.
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