So the results of the Scottish National Assembly are in. The Scottish National Party has won the most seats, one seat ahead of Labour. This is very interesting indeed as the SNP has as it’s aim to gain independence from the United Kingdom. They seek to repeal the Acts of Union from 1707. They wish to see an independent Scotland within the EU and would hope to join the single currency system.
They have pledged that if in power they would put the question of independence to the Scottish people in a referencdum. Now the SNP do have a plurality but not a majority, i.e they have the most seats BUT do not have more than 50% so cannot form a government by themselves. They have stated that the independence referendum would have to be agreed upon by whichever party forms a coallition with the SNP.
I find this very intrigueing! I did not know that Scottish indepence sentiment was so strong – and it must be as the SNP have received ~1/3 of all votes from this platform. So it would seem that many would welcome this referendum and seem to support the idea of an independent Scotland. I suspect that the SNP will not be forming a government with the Lib Dems as Menzies Campbell has already stated “Absolutely not … We are against independence, that’s our position and it ain’t going to change.” Hmmm, you gotta give the people what they want and with the Lib Dems only taking ~1/2 the amount of seats the SNP did maybe Mr. Campbell should be more open. Anyways i will end this rant but this is an interesting topic which i will keeping an eye on (that means expect more ranting!).
Evan
