I had previously argued that Scotland should seek independence so that its soldiers are no longer used as cannon fodder in illegal wars. That opportunity has now been lost. Nevertheless I still believe that independence is now inevitable. It is just a matter of when the next referendum will take place.
The situation now is that the government is expected to deliver on promises for more devolution to Scotland. This is problematic, however, and it appears that many English MPs will either oppose it or else demand devolved powers for England - maybe even for English regions.
Devolution has little to commend it. Whatever arguments can be made for it in principle, the fact remains that in practice it tends to be disastrous. Consider the Holyrood Parliament in Edinburgh. Completed in 2007, it cost over £414million. By contrast, the Shropshire Women and Children's Centre at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford was completed in 2014 at a cost of £28million. In other words, the money spent on the Holyrood Parliament could possibly have funded as many as fifteen specialist centres at hospitals around Scotland.
If Scotland were independent, then the Holyrood Parliament would be its only parliament, and it would no longer have to contribute to the costs of the Westminster parliament. If its legislators were smart, it would also no longer contribute to the costs of the European Parliament, and neither would it fund illegal wars.
Independence is definitely the way forward.
Related previous posts include:
Independence: Scotland must vote yes.
Read the full article at: http://www.shropshirelive.com/2014/09/04/shropshire-women-and-childrens-centre-set-for-open-weekend/
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