http://www.thestar.com/News/article/208350
*grins devilishly*
Eighty years ago, the Irish faced the same question of secession from the UK. They went the secession route, and ended up fighting a bloody War for Independence. Residual tension exists to this day. Will Scotland go down the same path?
God, I hope it does. Ripping apart the United Kingdom will be a major victory for the anti-globalists.
Now, when does the Southern US secede? This time, I say we let them go.
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You make the incorrect assumption that Scotland will follow the same secessionist path which led to the Easter Rising in Ireland in 1916. The following are extracts from the book 'SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE: A Practical Guide' by Jo Eric Murkens with Peter Jones and Michael Keating (ISBN 0-7486-1699-3) -
'Even though the withdrawal of Scotland from the United Kingdom is sometimes understood as a case of 'secession', that is probably not what Scottish Nationalists have in mind. One definition of secession is 'the creation of a State by the use or threat of force and without the consent of the former sovereign' (Crawford 1979: 247). Secession is thus not the same as a 'grant of independence', by which a particular territory and people are granted independence through legislative or other means by the parent state. Secession is a unilateral process. The grant of independence is a bilateral and consensual process (Crawford: 86) that is consistent with most people's understanding of how independence for Scotland should be achieved.'
'The future of Scotland is your decision. If, after all the arguments that have been carefully weighed, the people of Scotland want to break the bonds that bind us then it can be done. No nation can be held within a Union against its will.' - (former British Prime Minister, John Major).
'The Select Committee on Scottish Affairs considered the question of power in its examination of the Scotland Act. Their report states that:
'greater power can only be granted to Scotland by the UK Parliament and here there is potential for conflict. To take the extreme example, constitutional matters are reserved but it is hard to see how the Scottish Parliament could be prevented from holding a referendum on independence should it be determined to do so. If the Scottish people expressed a desire for independence the stage would be set for a direct clash between what is the English doctrine of sovereignty and the Scottish doctrine of the sovereignty of the people.'
The Committee believes that, both in political and practical terms, it would be difficult to prevent a referendum on independence.'
For more on Scottish Sovereignty see my blog 'Scottish Sovereignty and Independence' at http://follonblogs.blogspot.com.
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