Miliband is acting like an archetypal Communist. The Ideology comes above the needs of the people. I'm starting to think he is stark staring bonkers as opposed to just deluded.
Unfortunately Scotland cannot "simply declare independence" whatever the ultra-Nats might think. And on the basis of the historical inability of the Scottish Assembly to be able to organise one of those events in a whisky distillery I wouldn't give them much chance of being able to take advantage of any fiscal advantage from the North Sea. Also one day (probably not that far in the future) oil prices will return to their historical levels and that won't generate enough revenue to support an independent Scotland.
I should have made it clear that my tongue was firmly in my cheek when writing that.
I spent most of my life in Scotland before coming to NZ in 2003. I have little doubt that the verdict of voters in the 2014 referendum would have been different had they known then that the UK was going to leave the EU just a few years later.
Miliband is acting like an archetypal Communist. The Ideology comes above the needs of the people. I'm starting to think he is stark staring bonkers as opposed to just deluded.
This might just be the ideal time for Scotland to simply declare independence and commit to turning on the oil taps.
Not only would this give them a much needed revenue stream, but excellent bargaining power with Westminster.
Unfortunately Scotland cannot "simply declare independence" whatever the ultra-Nats might think. And on the basis of the historical inability of the Scottish Assembly to be able to organise one of those events in a whisky distillery I wouldn't give them much chance of being able to take advantage of any fiscal advantage from the North Sea. Also one day (probably not that far in the future) oil prices will return to their historical levels and that won't generate enough revenue to support an independent Scotland.
Ian,
I should have made it clear that my tongue was firmly in my cheek when writing that.
I spent most of my life in Scotland before coming to NZ in 2003. I have little doubt that the verdict of voters in the 2014 referendum would have been different had they known then that the UK was going to leave the EU just a few years later.
It's all part of repeating Weimar Germany. Driving us to energy poverty is just one facet of this tried & tested order-out-of-chaos strategy