| SamuelRSmith said: A vote for the SNP does not necessarily mean a vote for independance. Lots of people vote SNP because they're basically giving away a free lunch... paid for by the UK. It's kind of ironic. The UK (particularly England), as a whole, will win with either result from the referendum. A "Yes" vote would mean that England will no longer have to pay a penny to Scotland, and a "No" vote will give Westminster a better mandate to cut Scotland's budget ("You obviously want to stay in, now you have to pay your own way a bit more). What I find wholly odd, though, is that the SNP are massively pro-European, and advocate (well, they did in the past), joining the Euro, etc. This baffles me, as they want to gain sovereignty from England, where at least they have a say (disproportionately so, in their favour), just to give it to Europe, where their voice would be even quieter. I, personally, favour Scottish independance. Let them pay for themselves, and let the Scotts govern the Scotts, the English the English. If it wasn't for Scotland, England wouldn't have had a Labour Government EVER until 1997, and not again since. I'd imagine that we'd be a lot closer to European independance, by now, too. |
A no vote is likely. I think the most likely result is that there will be a no vote and the SNP will become somewhat less pro-independence but become Scotlands major party.
