Scottish Independance

Thought I'd put some of my thoughts on Scottish Independence down.

Since I was around 17 years old I've wanted Scotland to be an independent nation. My reasoning right or wrong are that we have become a nation of moaners and blamers, is that a word.

We constantly moan that everything is someone else's fault mainly the English although it has been more recently directed at London and the Westminster village as the English parliament has been dubbed.

Lets be quite clear the parliament in London is for the most part an English institution it's functions for a majority of it's time is passing legislation which applies only to England (Education, local government, planning laws, environment) to name a but few.

So for a long time I've wanted independence to stand or fall by our own designs. I don't want a little copy of the UK I want a country that cares for the people living within it. That is involved with the wider world but doesn't want to make changes to other countries as the politicians in Westminster and the USA have tried to do, what possible right do these politicians have to try to change the way of life of another country, I would say none. If there is a threat of terrorism from certain countries then close the borders to these countries, or is that too simplistic.

I don't think we need a vast defence force, we certainly don't need nuclear weapons on our soil or even nuclear reactors within Scotland. Nuclear power is not cheap when you add in the cost of maintaining the safety of the site and waste material for possibly thousands of years. Politicians don't think of the consequences beyond the next election.

I do believe that Scotland can live within it's means and provide in the future a quality of life for it's population that meets or surpasses that which we have at the moment.

I am non partisan although I have voted SNP for the past 15 years since devolution because I do believe that their interests lie solely with Scotland (might be a clue in their name). They have also shown that in the things they have done for country.
The other parties are simply branches of their masters in London, Gordon Brown once said that he was the only leader of the Labour in the UK and that there was only a leader of the party in the Scottish Parliament SMP's, and I believe that the other parties operate a similar structure.

I don't agree with being part of the European Union, I did vote for a common market as did a majority of other people at the time. This was to make trade between European countries easier to remove trade barriers between nations. That is all successive governments have had a mandate to do not to increase the complexity of the beast that has become the Union. I can see politicians seeing a gravy train, a trough to stick their noses into and feast on the bounty of expenses.

I've reread the above and once more I begin to ramble on so I'd better stop.
Suffice to say that come September and voting day I will be voting for a better way of life and placing my cross in the YES box and I sincerely hope that the majority of voters in Scotland do the same.

We must take responsibility for our actions and stop depending on the hand outs and benevolence of a parliament in Westminster.