“Should Scotland be an independent country: yes/no?”
That is the question that will be put to the people of Scotland next year when they have their referendum on independence.
The Scottish people have democratically elected a leader (Alex Salmond of the Scottish National Party) though he is limited in what he can do as the majority or laws (and all the major ones) come from London by a party elected by the English.
Scotland’s population: 5.5 million
England’s population: 53 million
Wales’ population: 3 million
So really it doesn’t matter who Scotland and Wales vote for because they will never be in a position to have the leaders they want while ‘Britain’ remains. No real democracy.
Ironically this situation is uncannily like Britain’s unhappy relationship with the European Union (EU), Britain wants out because it can’t have a loud enough say it what goes on and has to implement EU laws, just like Scotland has to implement England’s laws (mostly anyway, Scotland, like England have opt-out options with Britain and the EU respectively).
The English people want independence from the EU but they don’t want Scotland to have independence from them. In typical English style they want to have their cake and eat it.
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