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**cyslespitocop** · 05-13-2007, 10:40 PM

What are you on about?

What benefits?

Are you refering to the GERS report hmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!! Another piece of rubbish to try and pull the shutters over the Scots population's eyes and hide the truth. Its been exposed for what it is, rubbish.

Are you one of the people with the real big chip on your shoulder who do not wish Scotland to have Independence?

Rather than ranting, shall we deal in facts? A survey by YouGov for the SNP found the majority of Scots are opposed to independence. In another recent YouGov poll, 69% of Scots were found to be in opposition to an independent Scotland. A January poll found that only 33% of Scots felt "the union is not worth maintaining".

By accident, rather than design, we have created something special in the UK. England and Scotland feed of each other's talent and are both culturally stronger as a result. I accept the Union was created as a vaguely imperial construct. But in our post-imperial country, we have built one of the most tolerant and liberal states in the world. I feel more British than I do English; I think of Scots like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as part of my country's shared heritage as much as I would Oscar Wilde.

Scotland would automatically lose the huge influence it has as being part of the world's 5th richest country: gone the UN Security Council Membership, the head of the Commenwealth, the G8 - and indeed there is no certainity that England would stay in the prominent positions in holds in these institutions either. Look at the powers devolution has brought Scotland (which I believe should be extended) and with seven Scots in the British Cabinet, of which one is extremely likely to be the future PM, Scots are hardly maligned in the running of the UK.

Whilst I am no hawk, it is also worth remembering how weak the break-up would make England's Armed Forces. In pure pragmatic economics, independence would cost Scots £5000 in council tax on average. Scotland is a hugely successful country as part of Britain, with the best education in Europe and the highest rates of employment since records began.

If the Scottish people vote for independence, they should vote for it. But I think it would be the wrong decision for both England and Scotland for them to do so.

05-13-2007, 10:40 PM	#7
cyslespitocop Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 458 Senior Member	What are you on about? What benefits? Are you refering to the GERS report hmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!! Another piece of rubbish to try and pull the shutters over the Scots population's eyes and hide the truth. Its been exposed for what it is, rubbish. Are you one of the people with the real big chip on your shoulder who do not wish Scotland to have Independence? Rather than ranting, shall we deal in facts? A survey by YouGov for the SNP found the majority of Scots are opposed to independence. In another recent YouGov poll, 69% of Scots were found to be in opposition to an independent Scotland. A January poll found that only 33% of Scots felt "the union is not worth maintaining". By accident, rather than design, we have created something special in the UK. England and Scotland feed of each other's talent and are both culturally stronger as a result. I accept the Union was created as a vaguely imperial construct. But in our post-imperial country, we have built one of the most tolerant and liberal states in the world. I feel more British than I do English; I think of Scots like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as part of my country's shared heritage as much as I would Oscar Wilde. Scotland would automatically lose the huge influence it has as being part of the world's 5th richest country: gone the UN Security Council Membership, the head of the Commenwealth, the G8 - and indeed there is no certainity that England would stay in the prominent positions in holds in these institutions either. Look at the powers devolution has brought Scotland (which I believe should be extended) and with seven Scots in the British Cabinet, of which one is extremely likely to be the future PM, Scots are hardly maligned in the running of the UK. Whilst I am no hawk, it is also worth remembering how weak the break-up would make England's Armed Forces. In pure pragmatic economics, independence would cost Scots £5000 in council tax on average. Scotland is a hugely successful country as part of Britain, with the best education in Europe and the highest rates of employment since records began. If the Scottish people vote for independence, they should vote for it. But I think it would be the wrong decision for both England and Scotland for them to do so.
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