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April 16, 2005
The Nation imploding?
Came across an interesting blog the other day, thanks to The Edge of Englands Sword, in a post labelled "Will ye no come back again?". It is titled "Arthur's Seat", a reference to the extinct volcano that towers over Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. His post covers the resurgence of Scottish confidence, lost after they ruined their economy in the Darien Adventure in the 1690's.
It makes interesting reading to see that the Scots obviously favour windfarms, high taxation, and high public spending. Exactly what ruined them back in the 1690's. Seems that the lessons of history have to be relearned again and again.
Mind you, if they do break away from the UK and "go it alone" - the poll also reports that they aren't particularly keen on being in the EU either - we will see the end of Labour as a governing party in England. They have a majority here only because of the very generous allocation of seats to Scotland, where roughly half the number of voters per seat is the constituency norm to that of England's seats. We will also save quite a bit of the tax money that is raised in England and flows directly North.
So be it, if that is what they want, I think losing Labour may be worth it.
Posted by The Gray Monk at April 16, 2005 09:41 AM