Royal baby to unite Britain
To contest the legality of their own referendum.
Contingency Plan:
Wall them off and leave them alone.
Worked for the Romans.
This is an interesting debate on both sides. From the Scottish perspective, it would seem wise to stay with the UK in order to have some way to curb the socialist influence in Scotland. From the UK perspective, giving socialists less control over the UK government is a good thing, although it would probably be best for it to invade Scotland in order to retain control of its northern oil fields.
From the American perspective, I’m not sure on what the best outcome is. Scottish independence seems like it would put the Euro into further crisis, and the destruction of the EU would probably benefit America (along with specific European states). On the other hand, an independent Scotland may not wish to ally militarily with America, and may refuse to trade with us.
Whatever the outcome, I hope that Cameron loses the prime ministry to someone in his party who is actually conservative. The Tories, stupid as they are, seem to be England’s best hope.
Most of all, a simple majority should never, never be allowed to impose unacceptable change on a large minority. The last Quebec referendum is a good example. Staying in Canada won by about 0.5%. Suppose it had gone the other way? You would have a situation where millions and millions of Canadians could be alienated from their homeland, and the homeland of their ancestors, by a couple of thousand votes. The very idea is absurd.
Does this mean Great Britain would resist Scottish secession?
I guess the contingency plan is to have what’s left of the British navy secure the North Sea drilling platforms. That place is a virtual goldmine!
One thing I wonder about is the British military has always had a lot of Scots in it. I think the main reason is the military was the only way to find a job for many young men from Scotland.
Will they still be able to join or will they have to join only a Scottish military?
“I can tell you what the contingency plan is: To contest the legality of their own referendum.”
Most likely go to Brussels to have the World Court invalidate the result as “impinging on the sovereignty” of the UK...and he’ll likely get his way.
“Britain says not making contingency plans for Scottish independence”
In Ukraine they bomb their own cities back into compliance. Just saying.
In a response to a follow-up question, Cameron admitted that there were no contingency plans drawn up for American independence as well.
Even Chaim Ben Pesach of Jewish Task Force is apparently supporting the (left wing) Scottish nationalists. My heart is broken.
Well...for better or worse, they’d better start making contingency plans or a lot of people on both sides are going to suffer. That’s what politicians are paid for.