What would the future be like in an independent Scotland?
Westminster does not want Scotland have the vast wealth of its economy!
Scotland's prospects could have been so different, if Westminster had not overturned the 52% Yes Vote in the 1979 devolution referendum.
If the English Controlled Labour Party had not made this unfair and undemocratic decision, the Scottish People could have been asked to vote on Independence years ago !
The case for Independence is very simple.
1. Full Control - opposed to No control to the 12 Billion that Scottish Oil Production generates, that is £2300 for every man woman and child. (Scotland, the only Country in the World to strike oil and stay poor ?)
(In the last 30 years the Scot's have handed another Countries Government 250 Billion from Scottish Oil Revenue, that is £48,000 for every man woman and child)
2. A Scottish voice in World Politics ? In a Independent Scotland, Scotland's 59 MP's would not have to share an eleventh of the political table with other Countries decision makers.
3. A say over whether Scots are forced to pay for Trident, just because it lives Scotland and whether our Granite Mountains continue to be used as secret a Nuclear Dustbin for radioactive materials.
4. More than a 1 to 12 voice in a Parliament located in another Country to over rule decision like :- (in 2008 Forcing HBOS to merge with Lloyds TSB) ~ (2008 secret plans to dump 250,000 tonnes of low radioactive waste from the London 2012 Olympic site in a Landfill in Falkirk) ~ (2008 raiding the Scottish Lottery fund for the London Olympic Games) ~ (in 1999 moving Scotland's Marine boundaries from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Carnoustie making 6,000 miles of Scottish Sea English)
5. In a Independent Scotland, the Scottish Labour Party / Conservative Party / Liberal Party would be controlled by Scots and not English Puppeteers. Allowing them to concentrate on Scotland's 5 Million population opposed to leaving the plight of the Scottish people to the English who have 55 million of a population to please to keep the 523 English seats in Westminster.
6. Scottish politics would lack the back stabbing - cover up - lying - commands from South of the border, making inter party agreements much easier and transparent. (read the Mc Crone for proof of deceptive tactics of Westminster in relation what should be a very bouyant Scottish Economy)
7. In a Independent Scotland nothing much would change ~ same Monarch - postal system - rail networks - prisons - same money - same local taxes etc ~ The Population of Scotland, could still, if they prefer refer to themselves as Britons or British. As British Isles are the name of a landmass not a Country.
8. Scotland would be able to have full control over its revenues and not be ripped off ~ for at the moment Scotland is short changed by (2.9 Billion 2005 - 1.8 Billion 2006) form what the GERS report says it has been given.
9. The Union has severed it purpose now it is also a financial liability, in 1979 52% of Scottish voters said YES to a Devolved Scottish Government, Labour said NO then 43 to 19 Scottish MP tried to repel Westminster undemocratic NO decision and again were told No.
Would Scotland survive on its own - "Conservative leader David Cameron thinks so"
For more information visit http://www.oilofscotland.org or if you support the Scottish Labour Party visit http://www.scottish-labour-party.co.uk
What could have been - and what still can be
- This extra money could have been used for business tax breaks to attract companies to set up in Scotland “like the Irish Celtic Tiger”
- Scotland could afford to train its work force with real skills for real jobs. Current funding does not allow this.
- The number of Scottish owned firms could have been increased. If Scotland had become independent every large Corporation i.e. all supermarkets wishing to operate in Scotland would have to build a Scottish Head Office to operate from.
- The Scots would have stopped Scotland becoming a nuclear dustbin.
- The powers that be in London would not be secretly trying to dump 250,000 tonnes of radioactive London 2012 Olympic waste in Falkirk.
- The Scottish Government could have invested in onshore and offshore wind farms and bio plants to provide Britain green electricity "which I hope will be cheaper, however?. (like it is now doing, under the SNP)
- The Scottish Government could have tackled the chronic housing problems in Scotland and the 40,000 homeless. (like it is now doing, under the SNP)
- The Nation of Scotland could be closely governed by a Scottish Government opposed to a Westminster Government based in London ~ England. This could have been the case regarding the Scottish Banking industry regulations and the politically advantageous, HBOS Lloyd's TSB merger.
- The Nation of Scotland has a population of 5.17 Million opposed to the population of the UK 60.5 Million. Therefore a Scottish Government with full control of the Countries substantial resources could devote more attention and money to its citizens. This is why since devolution NHS Scotland has made the Scottish service superior to the service offered in other areas of the United Kingdom.
- Scotland's MP's would not have had to put up with the prospects of a 11-1 Westminster defeat if they all agreed on opposing an anti Scottish policy, brought before Westminster.
- Like the secret 1999 order to move Scotland's Marine Boundaries from Berwick-up-on-tweed to Carnoustie, making 6,000 miles of Scotland's sea, English Sea.
- Scottish Politicians and through them the Scottish People could have a voice in the European and indeed the World stage. This Scottish voice could possibly have made a significant difference in European and World Politics as well as environment issues; as Scotland is Europe's Largest Oil Producer.
- The Scottish people could have been rallied by a Scottish Government to deter crime at the source "a disillusioned population especially in the young" and convince them that if they contribute more to the community it would be for the better good of themselves and Scotland.
The SNP in a Independent Scotland
The SNP have identical policies to the Liberals with the exception of Independence ?
As a political force the main aim is Independence, however they also fight for what is the best for the Scottish People, not an easy task when you up against the might of Westminster !!!
Should the SNP disband after Independence?
No as they would have to fight along side the other Scottish parties to stop Westminster being silly bug-gers over what is Scottish and what is English !
