A Coming Referendum

The day of the referendum concerning the opinion of some Scottish people towards splitting from the United Kingdom and rejoining the European Union as an independent state, gets ever closer.

The things that seem clear; Alex Salmond is mad in the same category as Tony Blair. He is power crazed, lacking any interest in any other aspect of his supposed role. A Yes vote is a Yes to Alex Salmond seizing power in Scotland, nothing much else changes, organisationally. It is not a Yes vote for Scottish independence.

Scotland will be reincorporated into an EU of regions, possibly as the Scottish region, allowing some continuity of identity, but just as likely North Britain. The only reason Scotland got its own Parliament after all, was to prepare for the split up of Britain into EU designated districts or regions.

Other areas of clarity are; capital will take flight from Scotland, major companies will, by necessity relocate away, the debt ratio of the new 'nation' will be massive, as will its public spending overspend. Additionally, much harm will be done to the economies of all other areas of the UK.

Less clear is what currency the Last King of Scotland intends for his people. Will it be a Scottish pound, on parity with the British pound? Without the links that Salmond will have so carefully severed, this will lead to a Eurozone style disaster. Or will it be the Euro, as is required for new member states?

This of course will place Scotland in pretty much the same state as the pound parity; a currency completely independent from the needs of the country, region, sorry. But then there is the small problem of meeting the entry requirements on debt...... oh dear. Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

So, how can the madman convince his intended subjects to vote for Christmas? Well, by copying other Marxists by rigging the vote! Can you vote on the future of your nation if you, even temporarily, are not living there? No. Can you vote on the future of Scotland if you are a foreigner living there? Yes.

If you are unemployed and particularly if you would like to stay that way, Salmond is offering pots of free money, but you have to vote for him. And lastly, he has scooped idealistic and easily gulled, let alone influenced children have a vote. Yes, minors are on the in it too.

The deepest irony here is that we need to maintain one union, of peoples who have a shared history and overlapping culture, but ditch another alien system, the EU.