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Originally Posted by joeysteele
They do indeed,but I do think Alex Salmond and the SNP have done really well as a Govt. there.
Labour would have no influence with the Tory led coalition in the UK, the threat of an independence vote could really work for the SNP to get even more concessions from the UK govt.
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I don't actually want Scotland to leave the UK. Britain will be taken less seriously by Europe and the world if the island is divided and it will only serve to fuel tensions in Northern Ireland. Plus England will be left at the mercy of the Conservative Party. I don't trust voters in England alone to do anything to stop their agenda.
I understand Scotland's frustrations over the fact that Westminster won't grant them independence out of almost pure self-interest (Tories want to consolidate the government's power while Labour and LD need Scotland's votes), but I don't see why the current situation is such an unreasonable compromise.