On Thursday 18 September 2014, the people of Scotland will be able to vote in a referendum on whether or not to leave the United Kingdom and become an independent country. It is important that they vote yes.
To be strictly accurate, First Minister Alex Salmond envisages a Scotland which is not truly independent, as he apparently wants Scotland to remain as a vassal state of both the European Union and the Council of Europe. Nevertheless an independent Scotland could sever ties with both organisations, and I hope it will.
Many issues are being considered by floating voters, and one of them is the economy. The simple fact however is that a sovereign Scotland could prosper economically if it merely elects a government which is committed to sound financial management - unlike the government of David Cameron.
Another issue is defence. The First Sea Lord, George Zambellas, has apparently warned that an independent Scotland would no longer enjoy the security contribution of the Royal Navy. Who is he trying to kid? Following many decades of LibLabCon misrule, the Royal Navy is now about as intimidating as a cake of soap in a bathtub.
A related issue is nuclear weaponry, as the Scottish National Party has pledged to close the Trident missile base on the Clyde. Presumably we can overlook the fact that nuclear missiles do not actually exist.
A recent comment in a national newspaper quotes Ed
Miliband as saying that he doesn't want his children to think that Scotland is a foreign country. This is the same Ed Miliband who is devoted to turning the whole of the United Kingdom into the semblance of a foreign country through a policy of open door immigration.
Is it true that ten percent of the population of Southampton are now Polish nationals?
Another recent newspaper comment alleges that members of the Scottish Labour Party are being intimidated by nationalists over their campaign for a no vote in the referendum. I smell hypocrisy.
I can remember Janey Buchan, for many years a leading figure in the Scottish Labour Party, refer to the SNP as the enemies of Scotland. Can anyone explain why the Scottish Labour Party feel that they alone have the right to spout bile?
I am a pacifist, and for me the deciding issue is that in future when the evil LibLabCon warmongers send troops into an illegal war, they should at least not have access to the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
It is vital for world peace that Scotland votes for independence, and that it then follows the example of Ireland by adopting an attitude of armed neutrality.
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