| DanneSandin said: Anyways, anyone wanna explain fast and simple why the Scots wanna be independent all of a (not so) sudden? |
I'll tell you why.
The population of the UK is divided into constituencies (represented by seats in the House of Commons - a total of 626). Since Scotland has ~8% of the UK population, you can't expect us to ever have an effective vote in Westminster (UK) government. In the last general (UK-wide) election, there was one constituency in Scotland that had a majority vote for a member of parliament (MP) from the Conservative party.
The party with the most seats in Parliament forms the cabinet (basically the leading party provides the guys "at the top").
Last election, the Conservatives didn't have enough constituencies (seats) to form a simple majority government. Since the chances of them forming a coalition govt with the Labour party were sliiiiiiim, it was up to the centre-ist party (the Liberal Democrats) to choose, basically, which other party to form a coalition with. They had pledged to side with Labour but went with the Conservatives instead.
And so it came to pass that Westminster has a Conservative-Lib Dem coalition led by David Cameron, Conservative extraordinaire. Now, for the UK as a whole this might seem representative, or fair. But for the 5.3ish million people in Scotland, this did NOT represent our political intentions.
So politically, having a local government that is more closely aligned with the policies and the representation that we actually desire, seems functionally more appropriate than being at the mercy of a government that has more important priorities, and a different political ideology.
To summarise. I suggest you all watch this. It's pretty fantastic.
