Sure thing buddy. Scotland has been a part of the United Kingdom (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) since 1707. Now we are having an independence referendum as to whether to sever ties to the UK similar to the way Ireland did. This is due to many things, such as being underrepresented as a country in the House of Commons and also due to being used to harbour nuclear weapons for England. However independence brings about questions such as our currency and possible economic problems.
thank you for the information i had no idea this was going on history in the making its absolutely fascinating im gonna do some more research then ill be back with my point of view
Scotland apparently makes the highest revenue in the UK. They also have access to oil reserves. I think the main reason why England is so keen to have them stay, is because they don't want to lose access to all of that cash. Greedy lot they are.
Relying on oil as a primary economic income is a bit unstable though. England also want us to stay for our military contributions; we produce a lot of good soldiers here. It's interesting though as I feel we need England too in some ways.
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Sure thing buddy. Scotland has been a part of the United Kingdom (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) since 1707. Now we are having an independence referendum as to whether to sever ties to the UK similar to the way Ireland did. This is due to many things, such as being underrepresented as a country in the House of Commons and also due to being used to harbour nuclear weapons for England. However independence brings about questions such as our currency and possible economic problems.
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thank you for the information i had no idea this was going on history in the making its absolutely fascinating im gonna do some more research then ill be back with my point of view
Scotland apparently makes the highest revenue in the UK. They also have access to oil reserves. I think the main reason why England is so keen to have them stay, is because they don't want to lose access to all of that cash. Greedy lot they are.
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You clearly know nothing about the way English people feel about Scotland.
"Greedy lot they are"
Way to unfairly characterise 50+ million people.
Relying on oil as a primary economic income is a bit unstable though. England also want us to stay for our military contributions; we produce a lot of good soldiers here. It's interesting though as I feel we need England too in some ways.
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It's not only the soldiers, it's also Trident - it's possible if Scotland left, the UK would probably lose its nuclear weapon capability.
Which some would say is a serious loss of defence, and others would say it's one less country capable of triggering a nuclear war.