I thought it might be a good time to ask what people think of the possibilty of Scotland becoming an independant state from England, after 300 years of union. Here's a short badly constructed summary of my tuppence on the issue.

I wouldn't call myself a nationalist, I'm more of an anarchist. But I am a sensible anarchist, I beleive in leaders but only if they earn their authority, not through ballot boxes, but through action. I understand the neccessity for some centralised power base, for the purpose of defending ourselves in the world today. If only America would stop acting like a pariah state I might even support it's cause towards stopping terrorism.

I beleive in communities and democracy, but through decentralised government, to the point where individual towns and communities form their own rules together, not have them thrust upon them by some politically stagnate realpolitik.

I've always been more of an SSP supporter (Scottish Socialist Party), but they are as good as dead now. I'm more happy to see the SNP in power in Scotland though, than any of the others. And they have formed a coalition with the green party as well which will grant them more influence.

So far as the consquences of independence for scotland go, I just don't know. I suspect that the main counter argument that Scotland would suffer because it would lose tax subsidies might be flawed, coming as it is from the forked tongues that dictate to us how we live our lives from Whitehall.

Whatever happens, I hope the current Scottish Assembly is succesful in blocking any plans the MOD has to splash out more working class tax revenue on a new trident. I'm more concerned with home affairs, what destructuve technology we might be building, than what Iran might be building.

One thing is for sure, if we do end up with a referedum on Scottish independence, and Scotland became independent, I think there will be a greater chance of Scotland taking back it's sovereignty from from any foreign investors with ulterior motives, what with Westminster being out of the equation, and the Scottish assembly not being known for taking any shite from the Bank of America.

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