My Scott ancestors have been fighting for centuries for independence from England’s forced rule. From William Wallace to King Robert Bruce. Scotland has fought for its freedom from England’s oppression.
This got all tied up in the succession to the throne since James 1 who was Elizabeth 1 heir.
Time it happened. Would we as Americans except Brit rule again?
There are al old grievances which have little to do with the here and now.
The reality is how would Scotland benefit from secession? I think that the would be more free to shitcan all of the political correctness coming out of London, though I think that is unlikely.
There needs to be a serious examination of the potentials for Scotland. The upside, and the downside. Not just a vote, for the sake of voting. Which it appears that this is. I haven’t seen a plan, we are going to to X by this date, and Y by this date, we are going to implement Z reform immediately.
The exodus of capital out of Scotland in advance of this vote indicates that this is an emotion driven referendum, not one with a credible plan for success in the event of a YES outcome.
That the view from the cheap seats in the diaspora anyway.
I am Scottish. Every native Scot ancestors fought against English (and other) aggression. BUT we made peace and joined together 307 years ago, and built the (imo) greatest country in the world, the greatest Empire the world will ever see, and we built the modern world.
Scotland JOINED the UK in 1707, of our own free will.
Yes, Elizabeth II is a veritable tyrant.
Really, the Scots are fools if they vote for independence. They have the best of all possible worlds as part of the UK.
They live under the UK's [relatively] strong foreign defense and benefit immensely from the billions that the London money-machine feeds to them every year.
And, all the while, they are free to celebrate their heritage and try to restore their ancient language. They are not oppressed by any definition of the word.