tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35490153.post8588834616618145505..comments2023-05-01T16:14:04.382+01:00Comments on Scots and Independent: Pour Encourager les AutresRichard Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00380671811598211337noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35490153.post-82170323436018922092007-09-02T11:40:00.000+01:002007-09-02T11:40:00.000+01:00My view has always been that those things which we...My view has always been that those things which we share in common - family links, friendships, economic links - all transcend UK political structures anyway. Free movememnt of people, goods and capital is guaranteed by the EU; which means that the rationale for the UK, which arguably only came about as a counterweight to the threat of invasion from Continental Europe, has now gone. <BR/><BR/>As I say, in my view, that which some might say makes us 'British' doesn't require a British government in order to continue, in the same way that those things which make Swedes, Danes and Norweigans 'Scandinavian' don't necessitate a common nordic statehood. <BR/><BR/>There's no doubt quite a few positive arguments for continued union. Sadly, they seem to be taking a while to fall from Ms Alexander's lips.Richard Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380671811598211337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35490153.post-61175598821524400072007-09-01T15:18:00.000+01:002007-09-01T15:18:00.000+01:00So Wendy Alexander has forgotten about the oil mon...So Wendy Alexander has forgotten about the oil money. Although London has huge financial wealth via the city, it actually bails out the rest of London!<BR/><BR/>As for what the rest of the world thinks, although I'm a unionist, I can say that no one thinks twice about the Velvet Divorce between the Czech Republic and Slovakia? I personally think Scotland leaving the UK would be tremendously tragic, but at the same time if that's what Scots decide democratically, who am I to say otherwise?Mountjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17385482147330173836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35490153.post-49941210292084206742007-09-01T13:58:00.000+01:002007-09-01T13:58:00.000+01:00Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com