Scotland to leave the UK?

[Hapimeses]

The Fury said:

Hapimeses said:

XanderXT said:
Being part British myself, it's strange on why they want right now to become independent.

It's not a 'right now' matter. The desire for Scottish independence is old. The opportunity for this referendum arose because the SNP managed a majority at the last Scottish parliamentary election, and were in a position to push it forward. So they did. And we have a vote coming up.

I presume he means now as in after after the ecomonic issues. If UK and world economy was strong, lets say like it was in the late 90s, many might not have had as much concern of uncertainy as they do now.

I understood that. However, as I said, the opportunity to politically secure a referendum did not exist then, or, indeed, at any other time. It exists now, and only because the SNP secured an almost unbelievable majority in the Scottish parliament. The opportunity will likely not come again for a very, very long time, so given the SNP's raison d'etre is independence, they couldn't very well get into power and not push for a referendum on the matter. Yes, the timing could have been better, but they took what they had and worked with it.

In short, I'm sure the SNP would have preferred a more favourable environment, fiscally, for the vote, but they didn't have that choice.

Nevertheless, I think they've actually been pretty lucky with their timing, all things considered. We currently have one of the least popular governments in recent history in Westminster as far as Scotland is concerned, and that has really played into the Yes campaign's hands, primarily as Scotland did not vote for any of its policies, yet is having many of them forced upon it.