Amidst all the talk about Scotland holding a referendum on independence from the UK, and the politics is about as messy as it can be, one piece of common sense seems to be missing. The Union of England, Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland is the property of all of us. A change to it should be put to the vote amongst all the constituent parts.
I personally would vote for independence for Scotland. They have a higher level of representation at Westminster, proportionate to population, than the English, they receive a far higher level of government spending and the idiocy of the West Lothian Question means that a Scottish MP can vote on the English health service but not on the Scottish one, making a nonsense of our democracy. And yet the Scots are always whingeing, like a spoilt child demanding more Christmas presents.
Off they go, is what I say. If the Scottish Nationalist Party had any sense they would field candidates in England. I think a lot of English people would happily vote to get them off our backs.
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