A broad statement, but if the UK wakes up on September the
19th with one less nation within the United Kingdom, the blame will
have to lie with the Coalition Government and their callous policies hell-bent
on cuts.
Will David Cameron be forced to go? Who knows? But he will forever be immortalised
as the Prime Minister who oversaw the breakup of the union, and possibly the
man who led Scotland to the door without even knowing, through his party’s
obsession of austerity-led policies, Euroscepticism and hard line on immigration, that fails to resonate with
Scottish voters. Watching him plea to staff at the Scottish Widows offices in
Edinburgh today, was the face of a man who doesn't know what he's dealing with.
I’m firmly in the Yes camp, and even though I have no say in
the referendum on September 18th I do think that, in the long term,
a Yes vote will result in more devolution not just for Wales and Northern
Ireland, but for county councils across England. The North East of England
flatly rejected the idea of having its own assembly in a referendum in 2004,
but will there be more sympathy post-Scottish referendum?
English voters' recent shift to the right on the political spectrum
isn’t as widely received in other parts of the UK, and inevitably, causing
polarisation within. The years of wealth inequality (an economy focused on
London), out-of-touch leaders and frustration that people aren’t being listened
to are finally coming home to roost.
If we in England want change, then surely maintaining the
status quo isn’t going to get us anywhere?
Scotland’s departure may just open a big door for us south
of the border.
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