Good morning or sleep well, Daria. Overcast morning here in Paris. Voters in Scotland are having their Assembly elections today and the Scottish Nationalist Parties are vying for an absolute majority of seats and hope thus to be able to force Johnson to allow....and respect.... another Independence referendum........despite the publishin…
Good morning or sleep well, Daria. Overcast morning here in Paris. Voters in Scotland are having their Assembly elections today and the Scottish Nationalist Parties are vying for an absolute majority of seats and hope thus to be able to force Johnson to allow....and respect.... another Independence referendum........despite the publishing last week of a persistent £40 Billion hole in their annual tax and spending balance (10xs that previuosly allowed by EU regulations!) and which is currently funded 100% by the English! What a perspective!
I was visiting in Scotland another time (2014) they had a "go round" for independence. It was some of the most civilized debate I have ever heard. I do remember one very impassioned person saying how the "true Scotland" would be independent of all other nations. The very reasoned response was (and I paraphrase, this was 6 or so years ago) "I really do understand your position; have you thought about currency and just who or what we will back our currency with? It seems to me that without the UK or the EU, we will have a very hard time establishing something that can compete on the international market."
I was stunned at the respectful tenor and tone of a very emotional disagreement.
Good morning or sleep well, Daria. Overcast morning here in Paris. Voters in Scotland are having their Assembly elections today and the Scottish Nationalist Parties are vying for an absolute majority of seats and hope thus to be able to force Johnson to allow....and respect.... another Independence referendum........despite the publishing last week of a persistent £40 Billion hole in their annual tax and spending balance (10xs that previuosly allowed by EU regulations!) and which is currently funded 100% by the English! What a perspective!
I was visiting in Scotland another time (2014) they had a "go round" for independence. It was some of the most civilized debate I have ever heard. I do remember one very impassioned person saying how the "true Scotland" would be independent of all other nations. The very reasoned response was (and I paraphrase, this was 6 or so years ago) "I really do understand your position; have you thought about currency and just who or what we will back our currency with? It seems to me that without the UK or the EU, we will have a very hard time establishing something that can compete on the international market."
I was stunned at the respectful tenor and tone of a very emotional disagreement.
Unfortunately, the SNP still hasn't thought about the currency question! It is being swept under the rug...politely.
Thanks, Stuart, just woke up. Enjoy your Parisian day. I am jealous! The world is upside down and inside out.