Sunday, March 08, 2009

dead end ahead?


So now after the other parties have shifted all over the place on the question of a referendum, they have voted to stop the people of Scotland having their say whether they stay part of the Union or not. They've done this to cement their joint opposition incase their position changes months or years from now I suppose.

It seemed like a pointless publicity stunt, because nothing it going to stop the SNP from pushing towards its ultimate objective. I'm personally still to be swayed towards full independence, however there is no doubt in my mind that the people of Scotland should be allowed to choose their own destiny. When Mike Russell told people it was "basic democracy" for the people of Scotland to decide Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy came out and suggested Mr Russell's job title should be "minister for breaking up Britain".

What I feel he fails to grasp is that Britain is already broken. Divides run left right and centre. Religious divides between communities, divides between the rich and the poor, and historical divides between nations. Yes we should be trying to mend these cracks, but some more than others are just too deep rooted to paper over. The thing that attracts me towards the SNP is that it dares to believe. It has a somewhat optimistic vision for Scotland’s future. Even when the going gets tough, and the benefits of being in the Union are clearly demonstrated, they still believe we can do better. That's not to say that if Scotland had full powers of independence we would have struggled to stay afloat.

Support for an independence referendum is high, whilst support for independence is low. At what stage do you think voters will vote for the SNP just to allow them their say and shut the SNP up once and for all?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Support for independence is not low. Poll in the Herald a few weeks back had something like 40% for and 42% against. When it comes to the referendum, there will be everything to play for. Hence why the Unionists will keep blocking it.

 

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