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The person I was referring too is always expressing anti-englishness, so pardon me for not wishing to be civil towards them.
5 million people is hardly a tribe. There is a certain scale where independence just becomes ridiculous, but it's far below 5 million people. Different regions benefit from different styles of government. Ireland and Germany, for example, have completely different economies, so it is crazy for the two countries to have the same tax rate imposed on them.
There aren't five million of you though. And there's not a history of the conservative party oppressing the lib dems. You shouldn't underestimate how high feelings still run in Scotland over their historical treatment at the hands of the English.
Ever seen the wee bit in the Bible about turning the other cheek!
I base it from the views of all the Scottish people I know, which is a lot.
A lot.
Yes, you've said that already, I would like a numerical value - thanks
You can argue it the other way as well though. If we're going to have conglomerations of countries, why shouldn't Ireland be ruled from London, Belgium from Paris, the Netherlands, Austria and Poland from Berlin?My point isn't that Scotland is a tribe, but that if we are going to start breaking up countries, why don't we do it properly.
They shouldn't care what happened in the past. Should the English hate the Germans, French, Scottish, Italians, Americans, etc, for things that happened in the past, or should we move forward now that those things are mostly or even totally beyond living memory.
You can argue it the other way as well though. If we're going to have conglomerations of countries, why shouldn't Ireland be ruled from London, Belgium from Paris, the Netherlands, Austria and Poland from Berlin?
Ireland is a small country, and as such is always in danger of being left at the fringes of larger political unions, like the EU. I know what that feels like, so I know how many Scots feel about being in a similar situation with regard to the UK.
I would like to see an independant Scotland and would like Scotland to eventually become a State, within a United States of Europe, in a similar way to how California or Alaska are States within the USA.
You see, I'm far from happy with the EU as it is. I don't buy into the Daily Mail hysteria about the EU causing cancer and tarnishing Diana's memory, but I think far too much power is centralised. I'm perfectly happy with the EU as a trading bloc, a free travel area, and even as a group of countries who try and support each other economically, but central control from Brussels doesn't work for small nations. The EU would be dominated by Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and the UK. Ireland's economic success was built on low corporation tax and a knowledge economy, which led to many multinationals locating their European headquarters here. In a gigantic democratic EU superstate, the big countries aren't going to sacrifice their own business in order to benefit Ireland, or Greece, or Estonia, or Portugal.
Large central governments are generally bad for peripheral regions. We've seen that historically even in the UK, with the huge emphasis on London and the South-East from Westminster. Even within Ireland there is a huge bias towards Dublin, as it contains about a third of the Irish population.
And Ireland, and other small nations, could still have a voice in the EU as a political alliance, as opposed to as a massive nation state. Our economy and social policy don't need to be governed by Brussels for that.
But if there is one economy I would assume the money would be shared more, so it doesn't matter if one country makes less than another. Each individual state could still be fairly free with its economy.
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