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If pro-independence parties win tomorrow

TheCatWoman

How likely do you think it is that the UK will break up?

Would you like to see independance of Scotland and Wales?

What of England, how would it react?

What would you see as a workable alternative to  control from Westminster?

Personally I'd be quite happy for the UK to break up and reform in a more equal way, maybe as a federation. 

I think it could drag our politics kicking and screaming into the 21stC.

I think it would be good if the devolved parliaments were given more powers and we all elect representatives to a reformed House of Lords that would oversee things that we could share, like defence, national security, national infrastructure ands things where it would be counter productive to have seperately. I think if that happened then there would also be calls for some Englsih regions to have more devolved powers too. I think the UK is quite unusual in its lack of regional devolution, other countries seem to be more regionally devolved but retain a strong national government.

I think England would be in uproar and would really hate it, when you live somewhere like Anglesey you get a real sense that many English people don't see us as a national with its own traditions and parliament that makes some rules, it feels like we're treated like a conquered people, even after 800 years. I say this as an English person. I do think England should have its own parliament to decide purely English issues as I agree with many English people that the current system feels unbalanced, it dosent' help that so many poeple are so poorly educated in politics.

 I guess we'll find out over the coming days and months how all this will play out

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  • I think that the Scottish and Welsh people have different feelings regarding the union than the English do. Scotland has a robust economy that could be boosted through being able to make their own decisions. There is a wealth of natural resources that have been pillaged for decades. It seems to me that this is a untied Kingdom only in name rather than of equal parts. This model disenfranchises a lot of people.

    Lets face it people only want democracy and to be able to make their own decisions. Look at the UK England centric economy and what a mess it has been for decades.

    Also there is a strong view that the other nations are viewed as mere regions of England.

    If people want to vote against the UK system then I say let them.

    On the point of currency I used to suggest the Irn Bru bottle as you used to get a deposit back on the empty glass bottles. Now I know a few folks in my youth that used them to pay for things Laughing  

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  • I think that the Scottish and Welsh people have different feelings regarding the union than the English do. Scotland has a robust economy that could be boosted through being able to make their own decisions. There is a wealth of natural resources that have been pillaged for decades. It seems to me that this is a untied Kingdom only in name rather than of equal parts. This model disenfranchises a lot of people.

    Lets face it people only want democracy and to be able to make their own decisions. Look at the UK England centric economy and what a mess it has been for decades.

    Also there is a strong view that the other nations are viewed as mere regions of England.

    If people want to vote against the UK system then I say let them.

    On the point of currency I used to suggest the Irn Bru bottle as you used to get a deposit back on the empty glass bottles. Now I know a few folks in my youth that used them to pay for things Laughing  

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